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Me: 23.07.2021      Meine liebliche sexy süße kleine Muse!   John Milton was an ally of Cromwell. But what do I really know about Cromwell. I must admit that I don’t really know much apart from him fighting against Charles I of England. And who were the Presbyterians mentioned by Milton? Why and how was the king overthrown? And many other questions! Maybe first, I should look for the reasons how it came to that revolution anyway. Elizabeth I. reigned from 1558 till 1603, only forty years later, Charles I was overthrown. Let’s take Elizabeth I first! There was a lot of turmoil around her becoming Queen as the marriage to her mother, Ann Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, was annulled and she herself executed, Elizabeth was declared a bastard. Henry VIII died in 1547. Elizabeth had a half-brother, later Edward VI. / reign from 1547 – 53, and a half-sister, later Bloody Mary / reign 53 – 58. Mary had Elizabeth imprisoned for nearly a year on suspicion of supporting Protestant rebels because Mary wanted to re-establish Catholicism. After the death of these 2 siblings, Elizabeth became uncontested queen of England and Scotland. Her only rival at that time was Mary Stuart, queen of Scots. She returned from France to Scotland after the death of her husband, Dauphin of France, Francis in 1660. It seems that Elizabeth didn’t hesitate much to put her into prison. In 1567, Elizabeth forced her to abdicate and had her executed in 1587. Elizabeth supported some unsuccessful military campaigns in the Netherlands but she won against the Spanish Armada. Later, she tried a campaign with an English Armada against Spain, which failed as well. Elizabeth established the church of England but was rather tolerant towards other religious groups. Even under her reign, we can observe instability because of religious and foreign affairs.   The next in our list will be her successor James VI and I reigning 1603 – 1625.                                Meine liebliche sexy süße kleine Muse! Take possession of our garden, you queen of all our flowers!

Krystina: 23.07.2021 Stay with me, I need your words... this is like a breath of fresh air 😘

Me: 25.07.2021      Meine liebliche sexy süße kleine Muse!   It was not really correct when I wrote that Elisabeth had been queen of England and Scotland. Actually, she was only queen of England. King of Scotland was James VI, son of Mary, queen of Scotland (Mary was great-granddaughter of Henry VII of England). He was king of Scotland but under English control (Elisabeth had taken him away from Mary when he was a baby and had him brought up like an English.). I think the house of lords (parliament since 1215) was not very satisfied with Elisabeth because of her being an absolute queen and when she died because she didn’t have a son or daughter, these lords were looking for somebody much weaker in order to have more possibilities for decisions themselves. Therefore, they chose James VI, king of Scotland (great great-grandson of Henry VII of England), for their king. That way, they had two problems solved at the same time; First, a weak king because he would be too much troubled by his own homeland Scotland and could not really concentrate on England and second, unifying Scotland and England (Scotland had many times allied to France against England.). However, this calculation did not work out well. James I of England and VI of Scotland was very successful in Scotland but faced many conflicts with the English parliament. He died in 1625 and was succeeded by his son Charles I, king of England and Scotland. My Muse! Now, it’s getting interesting!   Meine liebliche sexy süße kleine Muse! I imagine you sitting in our garden and all the flowers looking up to you!

Me: 27.07.2021      Meine liebliche sexy süße kleine Muse!   Why was James I of England and VI of Scotland the great great-grandson of Henry VII of England? Henry had 5 children, one of those was Henry VIII for example, another was Margaret. She married James IV of Scotland, they had a son, James V of Scotland. He had a daughter, Mary Stuart, queen of Scotland and her son was James VI, king of Scotland since 1566 and became king of England too in 1603.   Now, let’s go on to Charles I, son of James, king of England and Scotland! I don’t want to compare myself to a king but there are some similarities and some differences. Charles the first was not really a good politician. As a politician, one has to rely on allies in order to be able to fight opponents. Nevertheless, Charles fought against everything and everybody (a bit like me J ). However, he did it because of extravagancy because he thought that he could do anything he wanted without being made accountable for anything (in my case, it’s different because I fight for my principles.). While he fought against the English parliament, he was still supported by the Scottish parliament and church, but then he began to bother the Scottish parliament too and tried to introduce protestant principles into the Catholic Scottish church to regulate them as well. He spitted into everybody’s face and was surprised that they were not happy about him. Both parliaments and the different churches and religious movements united, and in the end, cut his head off.   I hope you liked the comparison between a prince and me! Next message about Cromwell!   Meine liebliche sexy süße kleine Muse! If I’m a king, I need you as my queen!

Krystina: 27.07.2021 Wow! I am proud! My lovely man is King 😀

Me: 29.07.2021      Meine liebliche sexy süße kleine Muse!   To be honest, I don’t really want to be a king but I’m overjoyed to have you as my queen!   I must admit that Cromwell isn’t really as interesting as I first thought. He was a soldier and governed England like a regiment of soldiers. He was the leader of a group of men, who knew what they wanted but as well understood that any kind of democratic state or country can only work well if the people as well possess a personality and are able to decide for themselves. However, I don’t know to which extend he realized that people can’t be forced to live democratically. After he had died, his son Richard Cromwell succeeded him. Encyclopaedias inform us that he was a rather weak leader and was overthrown. Only after 11 years of parliamentary rule, the son of Charles I, Charles II, was invited to assume the position of king of England, Scotland and Ireland and when he arrived in London from exile, huge crowds of people cheered at him.   Probably, we, you and me, see many similarities with today’s situation. Most people need somebody to kick them in the ass. Very often, I have to kick the people around me in the ass. I don’t do it for my pleasure but they expect me to do it because otherwise they would kick me. One is either above them or below them. They can’t imagine somebody being equal to them. Even amongst each other, they work according to this rule.   Meine liebliche sexy süße kleine Muse! You, my queen crowned with flowers in a bed of roses!

Me: 31.07.2021      Meine liebliche sexy süße kleine Muse!   I collected some dates. I don’t know whether these dates really assure me that there is some kind of development or whether I just tried to calm me down about the future of humanity.   Humanism / Michelangelo: 1475 – 1564 Luther: 1517 Ninety-five Theses Cromwell: Lord Protector from 1653 until his death in 1658 Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu: 1689 – 1755 America: Declaration of Independence 1776 French revolution: 1789 Slavery Abolition Act 1833 U.S.A: abolition of slavery 1865 Darwin: theory of evolution, published: 1859 Russia Grand Duchy of Finland ( Russian Empire) (first in Europe to give women the right to vote and stand for parliament as a result of 1905 Russian Revolution).The world's first female members of parliament were elected in Finland the following year. 1906 Russian revolution: 1917 Fall of fascism 1945 Assassination of Martin Luther King 1968 Stonewall riots 1969 / the rights of lesbians and gays Fall of the Berlin wall 1989 First black president of the U.S.A. Barack Hussein Obama II (2009–2017)   Meine liebliche sexy süße kleine Muse! When it rains, it’s not water, it shall be flowers caressing your hair!

Me: 02.08.2021      Meine liebliche sexy süße kleine Muse!   Maybe you have a problem with your smartphone again?   In my previous message, these are all illustrious people but I don’t think it’s the question of a good or bad leader. My own life experience tells me that there is a kind of Hitler-Trump-Nero in every person if this person gets the possibility to abuse his / her power. And it took even me a very long time to get to the point: “Stand beside the small and you will be great. If you stand by the big, you will only be their henchman.” I guess we, you and me, who are a bit cleverer than others, must educate others to develop their own personality and the braveness to make their own decisions and stand up for them. Real democracy can only work when most of the people want to be not a small brick in the wall but an individual and are brave enough to stand up for it.   Meine liebliche sexy süße kleine Muse! and after rain, the sun comes out and you bloom like a flower!

Krystina: 02.08.2021 There is no doubt that you are always in my mind,  even though i don't respond to your message. I hug you stronger than used to did it 😘

Me: 04.08.2021      Meine liebliche sexy süße kleine Muse!   I’m overjoyed for every message I get from you. It’s like sunshine in my everyday life and gives me strength to continue my studies and to train because then I have one more reason to keep myself fit in body and mind. And with every day, we are getting closer to meet.   However, what happened at the time of John Milton in Europe. In Germany, which was not a nation at that time, the Thirty-Year War was slowly going to an end. The economy of the Ottoman empire struggled with inflation, caused by the influx of precious metals (gold and silver) into Europe from South-America brought by the Spanish and by an increasing imbalance of trade between East and West. However, in 1683, the Turkish were going to attack Vienna. The Spanish crown had lost her possessions in the north of Europe (Netherlands and parts of Belgium). Furthermore, the Spanish crown had lost Portugal (Portugal was part of Spain from 1580 – 1640). Austria was weakened by the Thirty-Year War. The Russian empire had problems of succession of their tsars and was very lucky that the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was engaged in a bitter conflict with Sweden. The inquisition ravaged all over Catholic Europe. Louis XIV began his rule over France from 1643 until his death in 1715. The principality of Transylvania was probably one of the best places to live at that time because she was dependent of the Ottoman empire but not a vassal and totally independent from Catholic Habsburg.   Meine liebliche sexy süße kleine Muse! I know that I have a big place in your mind and in your heart!

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