The English Monarchy

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THE TUDORS

• 1485-1603
• Henry VII (1485-1509)
• Henry VIII (1509-1547)
• Edward VI (1547-1553)
• Mary I (1553-1558)
• Elizabeth I (1558-1603)

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HENRY VII

• Tudor Dynasty
• War of the Roses
• Lancaster v. York
• Maintained Peace
• Stable and Prosperous

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HENRY VIII

• (r. 1509-1547)
• Reformation in England
• The Matter - Divorce
• New Monarch
• Act of Supremacy (1534)
• Six Wives

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Wives of Henry VIII
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PRIOR TO THE BREAK

• Catholicism in England
• Henry VIII Catholic
• 1521 Defense of the Seven Sacraments against
  Luther
• Pope Leo X Defender of the Faith

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PRIOR TO THE BREAK

• Act of the Restraint of Appeals, Act of
  Submission, Act of Succession, Act of Supremacy
  (1534)
• The Matter to six years
• Head of the Church/State
• Opposition Treason
• Sir Thomas More (1535)
• 78,000 executed (est.)

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HENRY VIII LEGACY

• Laid the foundation for the MODERN NATION STATE
• Centralized Power
• Controlled Nobility, Church
• Dissolved the Monasteries, sold land
• Pilgrimage of Grace Catholic opposition
• 1st Battle Ship Mary Rose

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MARY I

• EDWARD IV (r. 1547-1553)
• Ruled 1553-1558
• Daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon
• Devout Catholic
• Married Phillip II 1555
• Bloody Mary

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Elizabeth I

• (r. 1558-1603)
• Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
• I may not be a lion, but I am a lions cub, and
  I have a lions heart
• Last Tudor
• Virgin Queen

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Elizabeth I

• Elizabethan Era Golden Age
• Francis Drake, Shakespeare, Francis Bacon
• Colonization, Exploration
• Defeat of the Spanish Armada

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Elizabeth I

• TUDOR MONARCHS ABSOLUTE?
• Act of Supremacy (1534, 1559)
• Act of Uniformity 1559
• Religious upheaval 30 years
• Religious Unity Political Unity
• Anglican Church

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English Parliament

• Great Council
• Evolutionary Process
• Bi-cameral two houses
• House of Lords
• House of Commons

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Mary Queen of Scots

• 1542-1587
• Stuart
• Cousin Elizabeth I
• Queen of Scotland
• Catholic Heir to the Throne
• Beheaded 1587 (19 years in prison)

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James I

• James VI Scotland (r. 1567-1625
• King of England, Ireland (1603-1625)
• Stuart Dynasty
• Laid the foundation for English Civil War
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