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    Henry viii was Ruler of Britain from 21 April 1509 until his demise. He was Master‚ and later expected the Majesty‚ of Ireland‚ and proceeded with the ostensible case by English rulers to the Kingdom of France. Henry was the second ruler of the Tudor administration‚ he isolated of the Congregation of Britain from the Roman Catholic Church because he believed in absolute monarchy he got married six times‚ one of his marriages he married to a woman called Anne Boleyn and she gave birth to Elizabeth

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    Act of Supremacy 1534

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    VIII’s Act of Supremacy (1534) The act of supremacy is a legal document passed in the sixth session of the reformation Parliament in November –December 1534. 1.2 Context Henry VIII (1491–1547)‚ reigned 1509–47. He was the second Tudor monarch after his father Henry VII. Ascended to the throne of England in 1509 after his elder brother‚ Arthur died‚ becoming the next in line to the throne. At that moment the country was Catholic and was controlled by the Pope in Rome. Henry had

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    Absolute Monarchy Triumphs in France * Long Reign of Louis XIV (1643-1715) Cardinal Jules Mazarin- student of Cardinal Richelieu and the chief minister of Anne of Austria; stooped rebellions of peasants and city-dwellers to strengthen the authority of the monarchy. Anne of Austria- mother of Louis XIV‚ ruled for him because he was 5 years old then. Divine Right- the power of a king came from God and no subject will dare to question it. * It is God who establishes kings… Princes

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    Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most intense plays and one his most complex psychological studies. It is also a play about which there is a great deal of historical background‚ which I think you’ll find interesting because it reveals Shakespeare’s creative process. The play was written in 1605--1606. It’s one of the plays where the date is pretty firmly established by internal references to external events‚ and most scholars have agreed on the date. Shakespeare was at the height of creative

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    British History

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    INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH HISTORY Instructor: Nguyen Duy Mong Ha‚ M.A. & M.Sc. USSH-VNU-HCMC Email: ndmongha@yahoo.de‚ ndmongha@gmail.com Mobile phone: 0919694811 Office hours: Monday afternoon‚ Block C‚ DTH Campus Content • Review of physical setting of British Civilization • The historical setting of British Civilization - Earliest times - The early middle ages - The middle middle ages - The late middle ages - The modern times 5 things you know & want to know about British history KNOW • • •

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    National Identity

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    What does collective National identity mean? What examples of collective National identity can be found on British television? National identity usually refers to the people who live in a nation and how they are distinguished‚ usually through ancestry‚ parentage or descent. It also refers to distinguishing features such as skin colour or native language. However national identity usually goes on the person themselves and what they feel they are‚ what they believe they are and where they are from

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    Henry VII‚ son of Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort‚ was born in 1457. He married Elizabeth of York in 1486‚ who bore him four children: Arthur‚ Henry‚ Margaret and Mary. He died in 1509 after reigning 24 years. Henry descended from John of Gaunt‚ through the latter’s illicit affair with Catherine Swynford; although he was a Lancastrian‚ he gained the throne through personal battle. The Lancastrian victory at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 left Richard III slain in the field‚ York ambitions routed

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    Robert Cecil

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    there was a seamless handover between Tudors and Stuarts is down to the work done by Cecil. In 1608 Cecil became Lord Treasurer but although he was an efficient administrator he was unable to deal with mounting royal debts. Robert Cecil died of stomach cancer in 1612. What were his achievements or failures? Robert Cecil played an interesting part in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. He was a trusted servant of James I‚ who was all but a prime minister in Stuart England. There are historians who believe

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    Ch. 16 Outline XVI Revolution and Change in England A) The Tudors and the Stuarts 1) The Reign of Mary Tudor a) revolution: a radical attempt to change the very structure of a country’s government b) in the late 1400’s the Tudor family became the rulers of England. 2) The Reign of Elizabeth I a) Mary Queen of Scots i)When Mary I died her half-sister‚ Elizabeth‚ became queen. ii) Elizabeth had no children so the crown went to Mary Queen of Scots‚ a Catholic. b) The

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    us in many ways with its wise leaders. magnificant writers and bold people of its time. All this influnce is from The Golden Age or Elizabethan Era. The Elizabethan Era (1558-1603) was a time of cruel punishments‚ riveting people‚ such as Arabella Stuart‚ and fashion statements. Crimes in the Elizabethan Era were not taken lightly‚ and the punishment was usually meant to teach the public a lesson. Common crimes such as theft‚ adultery‚ forgers‚ and fraud could result in a death sentence. Even stealing

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