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    Puritans attempted to reform and purify the Church of England through the application and full understanding of their scripture. Puritanism resulted and came about in the sixteenth and seventeenth century to reform the Church of the England. In the sixteenth century‚ political and social change fitted jointly together with religious life in England. Change resulted in Puritanism whom sought no interest in being a social‚ political‚ or more so economic movement. Unfortunately‚ Puritanism movement

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    execution of over 300 Protestant subjects (Loades 54). Mary Tudor‚ Queen of England‚ was given birth on the 18th of February 1516‚ at the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich. She became the only surviving baby of Henry VIII and his first wife‚ Catherine of Aragon. Mary was known as Mary 1‚ Queen of England and Ireland. After Edward’s death‚ Mary challenged and fruitfully deposed the new queen‚ Lady Jane Grey‚ who was given the throne in a secret arrangement by Edward and his advisors (Loades 46). At

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    November 19‚ 2012 Honors European Studies King Henry VIII and his English Reformation When Henry VIII took the throne of England in 1509‚ he entered a world that teetering on the edge of catastrophe. Inter-marriages between thrones were the only strands keeping countries together and the Reformation and had already begun to sweep through Europe; weakening the social and religious constant that was the Roman Catholic Church. While there was support for an English Reformation; ultimately King

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    Mary once said‚ “ When I am dead and opened‚ you shall find Calais in my heart.” Calais is a town in France‚ Italy. Calais was lost in a war against France. After England was in an epidemic of influenza‚ there was a shortage of able men to fight and keep Calais. After Calais was lost Mary went into shock and hope for a Catholic England diminished. Mary Tudor or Mary I of England was born on February 18‚ 1516‚ in Greenwich and died on November 17‚ 1558‚ in the United Kingdom. Mary earned herself the

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    England from Protestant to Catholic and back to Protestantism again but there is much debate as to whether this was caused by the Monarchs’ personal beliefs. The most ideological of the three Monarchs was Edward VI. Having grown up under the care of Catherine Parr who ensured him the best Protestant scholars such as Roger Ascham‚ there is little doubt that Edward was an avid Protestant. This statement is backed in examples of his early writings where he wrote of his hatred for the Pope. During Northumberland’s

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    When living in the court of King Henry VIII‚ one must be cautious at all times. A single wrong move‚ and the overly paranoid King would have your head in a basket before you had the chance to make your case. This lesson was learned by the King’s closest advisor‚ Thomas Cromwell in the early half of the 16th century. “Class was everything at the court of Henry VIII. You were born into greatness. You did not work your way up.” English society has always been notoriously classist‚ and this was especially

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    1547; he ruled for a total of 37 years‚ 9 months and 7 days. Henry is famously notorious for having 6 wives; Catherine of Aragon (his first and longest wife) and Anne of Cleves (his fourth wife) were divorced. Anne Boleyn (his second wife) and Catherine Howard (his fifth wife) were beheaded‚ Jane Seymour (his third wife but was recognised by Henry as his only true wife) died. Finally Catherine Parr (his last wife)‚ who outlived Henry by 1 year and 7 months and 8 days. Also Henry was also famous for

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    Towards the end of the Middle Ages‚ many European nation-states were making gains to become more unified. However‚ the Hundred Years’ War and the Black Plague made doing so increasingly difficult. Much of Europe was still recovering economically and France and England’s military was astonishingly weakened. Despite the turmoil in Northern Europe‚ the Italian Renaissance brought about changes in political and social thinking which may have‚ in turn‚ precipitated much of Northern Europe into its growth

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    1.      Francis I- was Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany‚ his wife effectively executed the real powers of those positions. With his wife‚ Maria Theresa‚ he was the founder of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty. 2.      Cardinal Wolsey- Thomas Wolsey was an English political figure and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. When Henry VIII became king of England in 1509‚ Wolsey became the King’s almoner 3.      Peace Of Augsburg- a treaty signed between Charles V‚ Holy Roman Emperor‚

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    Now we know that nobility was able to be highly educated such as lords‚ princes‚ and kings. King Henry VIII was definitely educated. He also had ambition and goals in life. And like most men‚ he had the desire to have a woman in his life. I guess you could say he was a man with a full life in front of him. Of course King Henry VIII’s father was King Henry VII. King Henry VII was very wealthy‚ being the king of course‚ very educated‚ and very wise. He left his only son Henry VIII to inherit the

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