Notes 9/29/10

• Elizabeth was getting visits to her bed by her guardians husband when she was only 14
• When her guardian died, the husband wanted to marry Elizabeth, and it was rumored that she was pregnant with his child
• Elizabeth was sent to the Tower when a Protestant plot to kill Mary failed
• She spoke out of turn and acted with "manly intelligence"
• She had charisma, but her surrogate father and closest advisor knew that she needed an heir
• Prolonged virginity was thought to cause illness
• Elizabeth and a man named Dudley were possibly lovers
• Dudley was married, but his wife was ailing
• Dudley's wife was found at the bottom of a staircase dead of a broken neck
• Dudley was suspected of pushing her, and they didn't get married
• Elizabeth offered Dudley to marry Mary Stewart, Queen of the Scots (Elizabeth's cousin)
• Mary didn't think that Elizabeth should have been queen, in her eyes Elizabeth was illegitimate
• Mary was next in line for the crown
• Mary didn't want to marry Dudley
• She instead married a total loser; a drunk incapable of doing anything
• A group of men went in and killed Mary's husband in front of her
• Her unborn child was threatened when men pointed a gun at her pregnant belly, and she milked it for all it was worth
• Bothwell (one of Mary's advisors) had Darnley killed
• Bothwell offered himself as a husband by taking her to his castle and raping her
• She married him, and went insane
• Mary had to face enemy armies, and Bothwell disappeared.
• She came back with her breasts exposed, and was seen as a prostitute
• Mary was sent to prison, but escaped after 10 months
• She needed to see Elizabeth
• Elizabeth refused to treat Mary as royalty
• Elizabeth didn't want to return a Catholic queen to Scottish throne
• Elizabeth ordered an inquiry of the murder of Mary's husband
• Mary was kept away from anyone that might try to rescue her
• There was a Catholic uprising, but they were beaten

Notes 9/28/10

• Queen Anne had sex with many people in court, even her own brother
• 2 days after all of her lovers were killed, she was executed
• Henry finally had a son with his next wife, Jane Seymour
• 12 days later Jane died
• A law was passed so that only men of the Church could read the English Bible 
• 1540- Cromwell was executed because Henry didn't like the woman that Cromwell chose for him
• Henry restored the succession of Mary and Elizabeth
• After Henry died, there was a battle for the throne between Edward, Mary, and Elizabeth
• Edward was 9 years old when his father died (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VI_of_England)
• 1553- Edward died
• Mary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_I_of_England)
• A devout Catholic, she went to Mass 2 or 3 times a day
• Raised outside of England
• Grew up in France
• Mary wanted to return England to the Catholic Church and produce a male heir that would keep it that way
• Brought back Mass, Latin text, restores Churches
• Went out of her way to say that they returned to Catholicism or they die
• She thought of Protestants as heretics
• Her husband was Philip II, trying to create ties to the Spanish
• The queen liked Spain better than England
• Died childless
• Elizabeth
• Raised Protestant
• Elizabeth stopped the religious war
• She outlawed Mass and brought back the Common Bible
• She allowed priests to remain celibate, and didn't mind the calender of Saint's Days
• The Pope said that he would bless anyone who assassinated Elizabeth
• Immense amount of public support for Elizabeth
• The Pope tried to influence Spain to start a war with England
• Her reign was known for peace and a rise in culture
• Nationalism and Protestantism became closely tied

Notes 9/24/10

• Henry VIII wanted to get divorced, the Church said no, and Henry split the Church of England
• That began a bloody battle between Protestants and Catholics
• Anne Bolyn
• Anne returned to England at the age of 22
• She was very sophisticated, and used her charm (not very good looking) to flirt
• Henry VIII had to work very hard to woo Anne
• Henry VIII needed a son, and his wife, Katharine could not give him one
• He thought that his marriage was cursed
• Anne wouldn't be his mistress
• The Vatican would not allow Henry to annul the marriage
• She got documents from the early Church that showed royal supremacy
• Henry's ego bloomed, and he built many palaces
• There was a submission by the clergy that the rules of the Church would be given by the king
• Not much changed

Mini Bios

Anne Boleyn was Queen of England from 1533-1536.  She was partially responsible for the split between the Church and the monarchy of England.  She encouraged Henry VIII to divorce his wife, Katharine and they married.  She had a daughter, Princess Elizabeth, but could not bear a son.  She bought many lavish things when she was queen, but was not respected by some of her subjects.  She was called "The King's Whore" and other rude names.  She was executed in 1536 for adultery, incest, and treason.

http://englishhistory.net/tudor/letter6.html
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/letter8.html
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/letter10.html
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Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn was Queen of England from 1533-1536.  She was partially responsible for the split between the Church and the monarchy of England.  She encouraged Henry VIII to divorce his wife, Katharine and they married.  She had a daughter, Princess Elizabeth, but could not bear a son.  She bought many lavish things when she was queen, but was not respected by some of her subjects.  She was called "The King's Whore" and other rude names.  She was executed in 1536 for adultery, incest, and treason.

Part I
Henry V:
1387-1413-1422
Henry V was a member of the House of Lancaster and spent most of his reign campaigning in France.


Henry VI:
1421-1422-1461 & 1470-1471
Henry was crowned king of England and France when he was an infant, but went insane at 32.  He recovered and took his throne back in 1470.


Edward IV:
1442-1461-1470 & 1471-1483
He was the first king of England from the House of York, and was very violent.


Edward V:
1470-1483-1483
Edward was supposed to be king when he was 12, but was put in the Tower, was declared illegitimate, and was killed.


Richard III:
1452-1483-1485
He possibly had his nephews killed, and there were 2 rebellions against him in 2 years.


Henry VII:
1457-1485-1509
Henry was the first English King from the House of Tudor and made England's political system more stable.


Part II

Why did Shakespeare portray Richard III the way he did?

Shakespeare portrayed Richard III as a villain, which is mainly because of the Queen of England at the time.  Elizabeth the I was queen, and she was descended from the Tudor line.  The Tudors considered Ricard III a greedy murderer for his imprisonment of Prince Richard and Edward V.  He married his brother's wife in order to gain the crown, and was the last king from the House of York.  When the Tudors write about him, they make him out to be a deformed hunchback only interested in moving himself forward in the race for the crown.  Shakespeare only knew a villainous version of Richard, so that was how he portrayed Richard III.

Traditionalist- Traditionalists want to stick to what they know and oppose change.  They would not like the change of power from the Yorks to the Tudors in the time shortly after Richard III.

Revisionist- Revisionists wanted change, and didn't necessarily stick to the opinion of those around them.

Lancastrian- Lancastrian sources would support the Lancastrian viewpoint during the War of the Roses.

Ricardian- A Ricardian source was usually someone from the House of York, as they believed that Richard III was a good king and wanted to protect his reputation.

Documents

Vergil, Polydore. Anglica Historia, Books 23-25. London: J. B. Nichols, 1846.

This document is a Lancastrian source. 

"Richard having by this meane obtaynyd almost his hartes desire, convaighed his nephewys from the bysshop of Londons howse unto the Towr;"- This is saying that in order for Richard to "gain his heart's desire" (the Crown) he had his nephews put in the Tower.

"This doone, Richerd, whose mynde partly was enflamyd with desire of usurping the kyngdom, partly was trubblyd by guyltynes of intent to commyt so haynous wickednes (for a guiltie conscience causeth thoffendor to have dew punishment alway in imagination before his eyes), thowght aftireward nothing better than to mollyfy the multitude with largesse and lyberalytie, than to wyn the hartes of his adversaryes with gyftes, rewardes, and promyses"- Richard is showed that he wants to get the throne bad enough to bribe people.


"Wherfor, burning with rage incredible to bring to effect the thing which in mynd was resolvyd, he drew a plot for the lord Hastinges as foloweth: he placyd pryvyly in a chamber adjoyning to that with himself and other lords sat usually in cownsayll a sort right ready to do a mischiefe, geaving them in charge that when he showld geave a signe they showld suddaynly rushe owt, and, compassing about them who should syt with him, to lay handes specyally uppon William lord Hastinges, and kill him forthwith."- This shows a plot of Richard's to murder someone who stands in his way.




Horace Walpole (1768)


This document is a Ricardian source.


"The old countess of Desmond, who had danced with Richard, declared he was the handsomest man in the room except his brother Edward, and was very well made. But what shall we say to Dr. Shaw, who in his sermon appealed to the people, whether Richard was not the express image of his father's person, who was neither ugly nor deformed?"- They are defending Richard's appearance, which is supposed to create a better image of him in general.


"What feature in this portrait gives any idea of a monster? Or who can believe that an eye-witness, and so minute a painter, would have mentioned nothing but the inequality of the shoulders, if Richard's form had been a compound of ugliness?"- Walpole is trying to give the idea that Richard was handsome, and therefore couldn't be a bad person.


Part III

Although I was born in 1452

My life had not yet begun.

For the crown I so desperately wanted

My older brother, Edward had won.

In 1483, though

My luck had changed its path

My dear older brother

Into death had passed

His heir was to be Prince Edward

And after that Richard of York

But I had a cunning plan

Around my nephews I would lurk[1]

I’ll lock them in the Tower

Never for them to escape

They wouldn’t even suspect

Their lives I soon would take

With them out of the way[2]

There’d only be one more thing

To see Queen Elizabeth in white

Upon my wedding day[3]

Change the date by just two years

And a battle has begun to unfold

Henry Tudor has brought his men

And his attitude was bold

I had wanted this kingdom since birth

And this Henry was in for a fight

He thought that he could beat me

But I’d go at him with all my might

My vanguard was the best

But they just weren’t good enough

Against Henry’s army

They were blown away like fluff

Henry heard the news

By my knights I’d been left alone

His men were immediately near

You’d think that they had flown

I was quickly surrounded

They had me in a corner

I saw my life flash before my eyes

Much to my great horror

I knew that my death was drawing near

Such a tragic end

I wished I could’ve ruled for longer

Farewell now, my dear friend[4]

---

[1] http://www.r3.org/bookcase/more/moretext.html

[2] http://www.r3.org/bookcase/walpole/walpole1.html

[3] http://www.r3.org/bookcase/polydore.html

[4] http://www.r3.org/bosworth/ballad2.html

Henry Tudor is my name

I’ll say it loud, and without shame!

I know that the crown is mine to take

A better king than Richard I’ll make

Across the English Channel I came

Through Wales I travelled to make a claim

I am the rightful king, I say

Richard will accept without delay[1]

I wish I could keep those men alive

But with responsibility must come drive

I must surround Richard, he has to die

It pained me to kill him, I cannot lie[2]

Now that I’m king, my reign will begin

A whole new age of Lancastrians!

Elizabeth will be my queen

The Tudor lines will stay pure and clean[3]

---

[1] http://www.r3.org/bosworth/ballad2.html

[2] http://englishhistory.net/tudor/hobit.html

[3] http://englishhistory.net/tudor/elizdeat.html

Notes 9/21/10

• The fall of Richard the III marked the end of the Plantagenet line, to be replaced by the Tudors
• The York family is directly from the line of Edward III (Edward's other son, Edmund)
• They have Plantagenet blood
• The Tudor family comes from Henry V 
• His princess remarries Owen Tudor after Henry V dies
• Owen Tudor was a noble
• Battle between the Tudors and the Yorkists
• Tudors=Lancastrians

Notes 9/20/10

• Tudor Rose- Lancaster and York emblems combined
• Richard III become king
• Henry Tudor tries to take over the kingship

• Richard II had stepped down
• He is replaced by Henry IV
• Henry V dies, his son Henry VI becomes king
• Henry VI was an infant when crowned king
• The people around him were vying for the power of England
• The House of Lancaster and the House of York fight over power

• The ultimate result of the War of the Roses is the rise of the Tudors
• Rise of a recognizable England in the Renaissance
• Rise of strong monarchs
• Catholic England
• People vandalized images of the saints, the Virgin Mary, and Jesus
• From Henry VIII on, fundamentally Protestant and Anglican
• Reformation- 
• Tudors were very devout
• The authorities did not want an English version of the Bible released for anyone to read
• A priest who smuggled in a New Testament was tried and found guilty of being a heretic, and was burned
• Catholic England was turned into a Protestant nation
• Henry VIII becomes king when he was 17 (his older brother and father died)
• Henry VIII started the Protestant Reformation by divorcing his wife
• His wife was supposed to marry his brother, but married him after his brother died

What are examples of the direct effect of the Black Death on European society?

Thesis: The Black Plague showed the superiority complex of the English toward serfs and Jews, and also exposed their desperate need for social classes.

The Black Plague, while tragic and deadly, created an opportunity for serfs to gain power over their lords.  The English king speaks of this negatively, as he is losing control of the lower class.  "...  many seeing the necessity of masters, and great scarcity of servants, will not serve unless they may receive excessive wages..."  Serfs were finally able to raise their social status by asking to be paid and choosing what work to do.  They were also able to leave their masters and seek work elsewhere.  The king tried to keep the wages for serfs at the same amount that they were before the plague, saying, "...to pay more than at any other time was wont to be paid to such person; nor upon the said pain shall presume any more to pay."  However, the serfs were the ones who held the cards at this point, and continued to take their rights back from their masters.

Because much of the government was preoccupied with the Plague, there were many peasant rebellions, where the peasants rose up against the knights who had been above them throughout their whole lives.  The account was written by a chronicler, who had a steady job for higher class men, which swayed his view in favor of the knights.  "For certain people of the common villages, without any head or ruler, assembled together in Beauvoisin... they said how the noblemen of the realm of France, knights and squires, shamed the realm, and that it should be a great wealth to destroy them all..."  They were out to get revenge, and when the knights were weakest, they attacked.  They committed heinous acts, and were as violent and gruesome as possible.  The common people had good reason, but they were only seen as terrible people by the bystanders.

The Jews were persecuted throughout history for things that were not their fault, and the Black Plague was no different.  The first two documents were by Christians who believed that Jews had poisoned the water that Christians drank.  They are not sympathetic whatsoever, and they tell the stories of Jews admitting that they poisoned the water and being killed.  The last document, an epitaph, was written by a Jew about a young boy who was killed.  He is also biased, because he sees his people being killed.  Both the Christians and the Jews had something to lose: the Christians would lose accountability, and the Jews would lose their lives.

The Christian Englishmen needed their classes to keep order, and the peasant revolt and the loss of serfs threatened their class system.  When the Church was powerless to stop the Plague, the Jews were blamed.  The Plague brought out their true colors, and showed how truly weak the English were, and how reliant they were on tradition and power.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/seth/ordinance-labourers.html

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/froissart2.html

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/1348-jewsblackdeath.html

Welcome to AP Euro :D

The peasants revolt started with local constables and jurors

5000-10000 arrived at an overlook near London

London was being burned
The teenage king went to meet with the rebels

The rebel leaders asked for a new Magna Carta for ordinary people, and the king said yes

Richard went to the rebels and said, "You will have no captain but me!"

The rebels were threatened and gave up

Richard was much more civilized than other Plantagenet
He wanted to be addressed formally
Richard refused to continue the war with France
He brutally disposed of the members of parliament that killed his friends
He killed anyone that he even suspected of treason
Richard exiled people in order to get their inheritence
Richard has his crown taken away by the lords and dukes

Notes 9/17/10

Henry VI dies
His uncle, John, Duke of Bedford, became king
John defeated the forces of the Franco-Scot alliance at the battle of Verneuil
1428- English troops sieged Orleans, trying to starve them out
1429- Joan of Arc came along
The voices in her head tell her to lead French troops against the English
Joan of Arc was eventually captured by the English
The French take the valley back
1444- a truce in the city of Tours
Henry VI (English) and Princess Margaret (French) would get married
1449- Charles VII (English) broke the truce
He also won in Gascony
July 17th 1453- the English army was beaten and all of France now belongs to France
Nationalism grew immensely because of the 100 Year's War

Notes 9/16

• Hundred Years War
• England and France
• 1337-1453
• King Philip VI confiscated Edward III's land in France
• Edward III questioned Philip VI's right to be king
• Leading up to the Hundred Years War...
• Different people were making claims on land
• King John in 1204 signed away English rights to land in Normandy and France
• Henry III signed the Treaty of Paris in 1259 saying that there was no British right to Normandy
• The English still maintained that they had rights to: Gascony
• Gascony was fought over by English dukes and the French
• At the same time, they were fighting the Scots, so they couldn't concentrate their efforts on Gascony
• France was the ally of the Scots
• Edward has himself named the king of France
• Edward sees that many of the French princes are dissatisfied with French politics, so he lures them into his court
• Among these were the Flemings and the Montforts
• There were raids between England and France
• The English were moving down into France
• French morale was low
• Edward III struck a major victory at Crecy, and had a successful siege at Calais
• Edward III's song, the Black Prince, won at Bourdeoux
• Edward III captures the heir to the French throne
• He moves to the city of Rheims, who holds off the English
• The Treaty of Bretigny-
• France should pay the British so that Edward would drop his claim to the French thrown
• 1369- The Treaty breaks down
• Charles V was the new king of France
• Right hand man- Bertrand  du Guesclin
• They kick the British out of the remaining areas where they are stationed
• Charles dies after a short time
• Richard II is the new British king
• Almost gained permanent peace with the French 
• Loses the kingship
• 1413- Henry V
• Takes the British back to France
• Wants to finalize British control in France
• Meets the French in Agincourt on October 25th, 1415
• The French outnumbered Henry and his men
• The British defeat them (one of the greatest victory in British history)
• That battle does not end the war, but is a turning point
• Several cities fell to the English after that battle
• 
  

Notes 9/14/10

• The Plague
• From China and India to Turkey
• Infected bodies were used to keep enemies away; biological warfare
• 1315= Famine
• About 6 days from the rat to the symptoms on the person
• If the infection spread to the lungs, they died in less than a week
• The youngest, oldest, and poorest were the most susceptible, but every class followed
• 1348- London  had a population of 100,000
• In the first wave of plague, 300 died every day
• Bodies were pitchforked in to mass graves, instead of laid carefully facing east
• 14,000 perished in Dublin
• 1300 died in Farnam
• Workers could charge more for their services
• There were no more serfs, they could choose their conditions for labor
• It damaged the Church as well
• Transi Grave= the top layer was a statue of you as you were in life, the bottom was your skeleton
• Edward the 3rd and his son both died
• Edward's grandson became king, but his uncle made all the decisions
• 
  

Notes 9/13/10

• Made the king follow the same laws as everyone else
• 
  

What do the following primary sources tell us about English views of the Scots and the Scots' views of themselves?

The English and Scots had differing views on many things, chiefly their view on the Scottish people.  The English considered the Scots barbaric and cruel, while the Scots considered their heroes to be brave and noble.  The English think that the Scots are tyrannical, while the Scots pride themselves on withstanding barbarians wherever they go.

The English call William Wallace, a Scottish hero, "an outcast from pity, a robber, a sacrilegious man, an incendiary and a homicide, a man more cruel than the cruelty of Herod, and more insane than the fury of Nero."  They not only dislike Wallace, but don't respect him.  They consider Wallace below them, and make him sound more animal than human.

The English also insult Robert the Bruce, a man seen as a great king by the Scottish.  They make him seem dishonorable by writing, "...Bruce, drawing his sword, strikes the unarmed Comyn on the head."  By taking away his honor, they are proving themselves superior to the Scots.

The Scots, while they do not mention William Wallace or Robert the Bruce directly, see their people as enduring and strong leaders.  They say that their people "...dwelt for a long course of time in Spain among the most savage tribes, but nowhere could they be subdued by any race, however barbarous."  The Scots consider themselves brave and able to protect their people.


http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1307bruce.html
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1307bruce.html

Notes 9/9/10

• William Wallace-
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/scottishhistory/independence/features_independence_wallace.shtml
• 1296 Scotland is conquered by Edward I (Hammer of the Scots)
• 1297- Wallace killed and English nobleman
• Most famous Scotsman of all time
• They had a base of operations that they fought out of
• Battle of Stirling Bridge
• Killed over 5000 British
• Scotsman- not wearing armor
• Slaid his enemy, skinned him, and made his skin into a belt for his sword o.O
• Never paid homage to Edward
• Wallace was captured later, and was disemboweled while still alive
• Robert the Bruce-
• Politically intelligent
• Attacked both Scots and English
• Outlived the king, but did not defeat him
• Edward I had his bones carried with army
• Robert was struck down before the battle started
• The Scots won and gained liberty
• The sent a letter to the Pope saying that Scotland should be recognized as independent by the Church
• The Scots raided and terrorized English villages

Notes 9/8/10

• Saxons were the earliest Englishmen (Beowulf)
• English and the Vikings battle for 300 years
• 1066- William the Conquerer
• House of Plantagenet comes in
• Was est. in the 10th century
• Ruled England 1154-1485

• Henry II
• English foreign relations were based on his whims
• Welsh and Scotts fought for their independence
• Richard the Lionhearted 
• Mostly away fighting the Crusades
• Seen as "good" 
• Was killed by Saladin
• John
• Signed the Magna Carta
• Edward I 
• Hammer of the Scots because he destroyed them
• 2 Great Scottish Heroes
• William Wallace
• Robert the Bruce 
• Crusades
• Fought over Jerusalem and Constantinople
• After Richard died, England looked inward
• Rise of nationalism

3 Questions

What does the reign of Henry II suggest about the future of English foreign relations?
It suggests that monarchs will only marry for political power, and that Henry II did not think about diplomacy.  He thought that he deserved all the land that he could possibly get.  He passed down his selfish and irrational thinking, making English monarchs want to own everything within their site.  He would only help people when he would get something in return, which is no way to make allies.


Does the common conception of Richard as 'good' and John as 'bad' hold up to reality?
Although Richard the Lionhearted was brave, he was not a 'good' king to his people.  He was never in his kingdom, so he never had to give them bad news or rule with unpopular laws.  Instead of taking responsibility for his kingdom, he left the unpleasantness to John, making him look like the bad guy.  John was not brave or personable, and was extremely attentive to detail, so he was in every part of every decision that made his people angry.  By being the one left behind, John was going to have to take the blame no matter what he did.  However, he was not without fault, as he was unable to trust and was greedy.


How did the Magna Carta change the relationship of the Monarch and his subjects?
Monarchs could no longer make decisions while ignoring the barons.  The barons were considered the voice of the people, so by having to listen to the barons the king had to answer to his subjects.  This made surre that the king would not ignore the greater good of his kingdom.  The Magna Carta was another step to equality.


  

Notes 9/7/10

• 1066- William the Conquerer defeats Harold in the Battle of Hastings
• Domesday Book kept records of everything that was in England at that time
• The "old heroes" (ex. Richard the Lionhearted) were from the Plantagenet House
• Futilism- country is split into baronies 
• New trade routes were developed through the Crusades
• Spanish Peninsula was under Islamic control
• English and French could fight in Spain instead of travelling to the Holy Land
• Constantinople and Alexandria are captured
• The knowledge of ancient times is now in Islamic hands (ex. writings of Aristotle)
• The Aristocracy spoke French until 1350
• English is a bastardized language
• Germanic in small verbs (ex. be, get, can)
• Our vocabulary is based in Old French and Latin
• Balliol, Bruce, Wallace (dominant Scottish families)
• Richard the 1st was defeated in the Crusades, and the Muslims recaptured Jerusalem
• Richard doesn't come back, and John stays king
• Treaty of Paris- Henry is forced to give up any English right to Nordic land
• He uses diplomacy (ex. Marries French)
• Intermarriage becomes normal among monarchs
• Marriage is a political tool
• During the reign of Henry the 3rd, "English-ness" occurs
• Edward I becomes king and helps the government take stride
• "Rebellions in Wales are testament to some Welshman's continuing struggle for independence."

Herodotus

1.      When the movie Men Don’t Leave was nearing the end of its filming, a wrap party was arranged at the Cloisters in Baltimore.  Bob Schick, being son of William Schick, had worked on the movie, and was enjoying the idea of going to a party in Baltimore, far away from his home in Chicago.  This was also a place that Jeannie Littmann, being the daughter of Paul Littmann, was going, as a first date with a man she had met earlier that week.  She says that she had wanted to attend such a “Hollywood” party, so she went with him.  Bob had a girlfriend at the time of Greek descent; one whom he claimed was “hot.” 

2.      When Jeannie arrived at the party, she was deserted by the man who had brought her so that he could, as she said, "take full advantage of the free bar."  While he was almost passed out drunk at the bar, she was forced to make her way around the party, knowing no one else there.  As she wandered around, Bob asked her to dance.  He didn’t know who she was, and was intrigued by the “saucy” red dress she was wearing.  Jeannie accepted the invitation to dance, and says that she thought he was “cute, very funny, and very nice.”  They parted that night without having exchanged any way of communication, and the only thing that Jeannie knew was where he was staying, the Tremont. 

3.      After a couple days, Jeannie saw an article stating that a man had been killed on the set of Men Don’t Leave.  She called the Tremont, and asked Bob, “Are you dead?”  After assuring her that he was safe, Bob asked Jeannie out to dinner.  Jeannie suggested they go to a sports bar, although she didn’t like them, in order to make Bob feel more at ease.  They enjoyed their meal, and exchanged numbers.  After a couple days, Bob went home to Chicago, and broke up with his girlfriend.

   

Thucydides

CHAPTER ONE

The Beginning of the Relationship Between Bob Schick and Jeannie Litmann.

Martha, an American, tells the story of Bob and Jeannie Schick, beginning when they met, and knowing from the beginning of the relation of this story to her that it would be a cornerstone of her family.  This belief is proven to be true as she realized that she would not be alive without this event.  However, this meeting was not without its peculiarities.

For instance, it is now common knowledge that Bob Schick had a girlfriend of Greek descent whom he had been dating for a couple months.  She worked as a stuntwoman, and she did not attend the party.

The other circumstance was Jeannie going on a date the first time that her and Bob met.  They were at a wrap party for the movie Men Don’t Leave in the late summer of 1988.  This was held at the Cloisters in Baltimore.  A man named Tom Holloway asked Jeannie to go with him, and she accepted.  While he was there, he got very drunk, and Jeannie was forced to make her way around the party without knowing anyone.  Bob was alone at the party, and asked the woman he saw before him to dance.  She accepted and they danced, although for two different reasons.  Jeannie had thought of his personality, while Bob had only thought of his curiosity and who she was.  The parted that night, neither with a phone number to get back in tough with the other.   

Later in the week, Jeannie received word from the newspaper that an unnamed man had been killed on the set of Men Don’t Leave, and she called the Tremont, where Bob was staying.  Once she realized that he was not harmed, she was put at ease, and Bob asked her to go to dinner with him.  She accepted, and went to a sports bar nearby.  After that, they exchanged numbers, and Bob broke up with his girlfriend back in Chicago.