...Queen Elizabeth I: Statesman v. Rebel against Catholicism 1. Thesis Statement Queen Elizabeth I was considered a statesman, brought back Anglicanism, and never truly picked a side of specific beliefs, allowing the people to worship freely. 2. Introduction The Elizabethan era experienced relative calm compared to previous reigns. The inauguration of Queen Elizabeth I was received with a tense spiritual atmosphere as most Catholics expected an era of political instability coupled with religious persecution as experienced with Queen Mary. Contrary to the expectations of most people, Queen Elizabeth I was less interested in zealous performances of her predecessors and believed in the interest of the majority. She wanted to be liked by the people of England, and this meant that she had to make her decisions right. She was being raised as a Protestant; she was well aware of the power struggles between the Catholics and the Protestants. She reinforced the Church of England for the people but did not do away with Roman Catholic. She chose to bring back the Church of England because she knew many of her people were hiding in exile. She wanted them to come back and enjoy the freedom of worship without fear. She also knew that by doing this, she will increase her popularity and most people will convert to Protestant. This was a peaceful strategy of making the Church of England more popular than the roman catholic. This paper...
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...much of the principles and the practices of Catholicism. In addition, whilst the Reformation that took place in Europe was brought on by religious differences and ideals, its basis in England was one of personal and political change. The Reformation in England was centuries in the making and resulted from many merging forces. It was in the 1530’s that the statutes of Henry VIII began to collate an official break from the papal authority of Rome. The 16th century proved to be a boisterous period in the history of England. The uncertainty associated with the stability and religious beliefs of the government were crucial factors in the unclear identity of England until the 1600's. As is often the case with defining periods in history, timing was of grave importance as centuries of Catholic corruption collided with the beginnings of a religious debate all across Europe. The increasing need for an English heir to the throne manifested in the strong will of King Henry VIII. The English Reformation was driven by changes in government policy, to which public opinion gradually accommodated itself; it was nurtured from a political affair...
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...The Tudors: A Very Short Introduction VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS are for anyone wanting a stimulating and accessible way in to a new subject. They are written by experts, and have been published in more than 25 languages worldwide. The series began in 1995, and now represents a wide variety of topics in history, philosophy, religion, science, and the humanities. Over the next few years it will grow to a library of around 200 volumes- a Very Short Introduction to everything from ancient Egypt and Indian philosophy to conceptual art and cosmology. Very Short Introductions available now: ANCIENT P H I L O S O P H Y Julia Annas THE ANGLO-SAXON AGE John Blair ANIMAL RIGHTS David DeGrazia ARCHAEOLOGY Paul Bahn ARCHITECTURE Andrew Ballantyne ARISTOTLE Jonathan Barnes ART HISTORY Dana Arnold ARTTHEORY Cynthia Freeland THE HISTORYOF ASTRONOMY Michael Hoskin ATHEISM Julian Baggini AUGUSTINE HenryChadwick BARTHES Jonathan Culler THE B I B L E John Riches BRITISH POLITICS Anthony Wright BUDDHA Michael Carrithers BUDDHISM DamienKeown CAPITALISM James Fulcher THE CELTS Barry Cunliffe CHOICETHEORY Michael Allingham CHRISTIAN ART Beth Williamson CLASSICS Mary Beard and John Henderson CLAUSEWITZ Michael Howard THE COLD WAR Robert McMahon CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY Simon Critchley COSMOLOGY Peter Coles CRYPTOGRAPHY Fred Piper and Sean Murphy DADAAND SURREALISM David Hopkins DARWIN Jonathan Howard DEMOCRACY Bernard Crick DESCARTES TomSorell DRUGS Leslie Iversen TH E EARTH Martin Redfern EGYPTIAN...
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...LIBERTY UNIVERSITY Henry VIII and the English Reformation A PAPER SUBMITTED TO Dr. Gregory Tomlin IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE CHHI 525 LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY BY DAVID E. ROBERTS LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2014 Table of Contents Introduction: Henry VIII and the English Reformation………….................................................. 3 Prince Henry VIII and His Character Development....................................................................... 3 King Henry VIII…......................................................................................................................... 6 The Wives of Henry VIII………………………………………………....................................... 8 The Rule of the Crown and the Church of England……............................................................. 12 Conclusion……………………………………………………..……………………………….. 14 Bibliography...……...………..………......................................................................................... 16 ii Introduction: Henry VIII and the English Reformation The study of Henry VIII and the reformation in England continues to fascinate scholars and historians alike. Recent attention has even been given by Hollywood in the production of “The Other Boleyn Girl,” a major motion picture depicting the lives of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Obviously Hollywood isn’t a suitable source for a scholarly inspection of such a historical event, but the existence...
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...The Renaissance :The English Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement in England dating from the late 15th and early 16th centuries to the early 17th century. It is associated with the pan-European Renaissance that is usually regarded as beginning in Italy in the late 14th century; like most of northern Europe England saw little of these developments for more than a century later. The beginning of the English Renaissance is often taken, as a convenience, to be 1485, when the Battle of Bosworth Field ended the Wars of the Roses and inaugurated the Tudor Dynasty. Renaissance style and ideas, however, were slow in penetrating England, and the Elizabethan era in the second half of the 16th century is usually regarded as the height of the English Renaissance .The dawn of the Renaissance came first to Italy and a little later to France. To England it came much later, roughly about the beginning of the sixteenth century. The light of the Renaissance came very slowly to the isolated island of England, so that when it did come in all its brilliance in the sixteenth century, the Renaissance in Italy had already become a spent force. Literature:The humanists and their reverence for the classics in Greek and Rome, had the effect of stifling the growth in creative literature. Their extreme reverence had the effect of encouraging the close imitation and copying of classical authors. However, as exploration continued, the interest in the world increased as did the natural curiosity...
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...Elizabeth’s image Elizabeth very well knew how important a good image is. If we look throughout the history, we would see that she was one of very few monarchs who really paid further attention to their image than to look grand and noble on special occasions. However Elizabeth was unique even among those few. She took things to a whole new level; her image building was so professional and elaborated that it has not been emulated until late 20th century. Elizabeth set the frame of her image right after she had acceded to the throne and during her reign she chiselled it into a true gem. Her behaviour during public appearances, her speeches, her make-up, dresses; that all helped her to in her effort to create image of a good semi mystic queen. Shall it be understood why Elizabeth paid so much attention to her image and why she chosen such an extraordinary one, it much be first understood why she needed one. As a daughter of Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth had to all her life face attacks concerning her legitimacy as well as her religion. She was constantly being treated by her cousin Mary Stuart, who claimed the English crown. Catholics naturally did not consider the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn valid; and after the death of Elizabeth’s half-sister Mary I (for them the only legitimate child of Henry VII) Mary Stuart was the hair apparent. Mary Stuart’s biggest supporter was Vatican; Henry did not get the obligatory papal agreement to divorce his first wife Catherine...
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...Elizabethan drama and theatre has influenced the history of not only literature, but also how they are both used today. The Elizabethan era was predominately one of the most historical eras to this day. Historians believe it is one of the most historical eras because...
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...Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington and 35 others With a Side-by-Side Translation in Simple English by ELizabeth Claire, MA TESOL Editor, Easy English NEWS The Constitution in Simple English ©2010 Elizabeth Claire, Inc. 1 A Note from Elizabeth Claire Thank you for your interest in the Constitution. It is the foundation for the government of the United States. The Constitution was written in 1787. This was four years after the U.S. signed a peace treaty with Great Britain. This peace treaty gave the thirteen British colonies their independence. They formed a new country, the United States of America. The men who wrote the Constitution are called our “Founding Fathers.” Some of them were: George Washington, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Gouveneur Morris, and Benjamin Franklin. The Founding Fathers took ideas from many places. They took parts from their state constitutions. They took parts of Britain’s Magna Carta. They studied the governments of ancient Greece and Rome. They got ideas from philosophers such as Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Charles de Montesquieu and Thomas Paine. They used some ideas from Iroquois Indians union of tribes. Cover painting; “The Signing of the Constitution” by Chandler Howard Christie hangs in the House of representatives...Courtesy TeachingAmericanHistory.com 2 The Constitution in Simple English ©2010 Elizabeth Claire, Inc Fifty-five delegates from twelve states met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in May 1787...
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...1. Introduction "I am called the Virgin Queen. Unmarried, I have no master. Childless, I am mother to my people. I am the queen, I am myself." This quote from the movie “Elizabeth: The Golden Age“ describes the fascination about Elizabeth I of England in few sentences. A woman, who could prevail in a male-dominated society. A woman, who waived her own fortune for the sake of her subjects. A woman, who influences the national pride of the English even today. So it is not surprising that there is plenty of literature, opera and movies about Elizabeth I. The following term paper examines three movies, where Elizabeth I is the protagonist. “Elizabeth“, with Cate Blanchett in the leading role, is about the days of her youth. The 1998 movie shows the development of a young princess, who was crowned after the death of her half sister Maria. The first years of her reign are very turbulent, because the creation of a Protestant Church by her father Henry VIII and the return to Catholicism under Maria split the nation. The inexperienced Elizabeth has to determine which religion should be the official one in order to prevent a civil war. Meanwhile her consultants give her advice to keep the line of succession by marriage. But to whom shall she entrust her heart and kingdom? At the end of the movie all problems are solved and Elizabeth creates the icon of the “virgin queen“. Nine years later, the sequel of the movie from 1998, “Elizabeth: The Golden Age“ was released. She is in her 26th...
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...Chapter 4. Renaissance and Reformation: Ahead to the Past The fifteenth century saw a number of events that began to change the Medieval worldview. 1) from Wyclif at the end of the 14th century came an emphasis on individuals understanding the Bible for themselves rather than through priests, and in English rather than Latin; 2) the fall of Constantinople led to Greek classical texts being read and translated in Western Europe. Some of these texts conflicted with the scholastic philosophy based on the limited ancient texts (mainly Aristotle) previously available. A particularly important one was the work of Sextus Empiricus, who was a skeptic. Another important text discovered at this time was On the Nature of Things by Lucretius which advocated a mechanistic universe. 3) the invention of printing led to the rapid dissemination of new ideas; 4) the discovery of the Americas led to the further discovery of information difficult to reconcile with Aristotle. Maps before Columbus look like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_revolutionibus_orbium_coelestium Twenty-five years after the map above was printed we see the Waldseemuller map: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1272921/Ten-greatest-maps-changed-world.html . A whole new continent is added! Worse, in 1572 a new star appeared in the sky. Tycho Brahe’s careful observations showed that it was beyond the moon (Gingerich). According to Medieval Aristotelianism the celestial regions (beyond the moon) were unchanging...
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...Informative Speech Assignment The Life of Anne Bolyen I. Introduction A. Anne Boleyn was the sister of King Henry VIII mistress and the first English queen to be publicly executed. B. While Anne may have been thought to be a promiscuous and power hungry woman, she did many good things that positively impacted England. C. Anne Boleyn helped shape England’s history in ways that was not imagined by anyone. D. In this speech I am going to talk about Anne’s rise to power, her reign of England, and her fall from power. Transitional Statement: Anne managed to rise from someone in the high working class to someone who was revered by some as a Queen. II. Rise to Power A. Early years 1. Netherlands 2. France 3 Reason for return B. King Henry VIII's court 1.Henry’s attention/treatment 2. Political position 3. Anne pregnancy Transitional statement: As queen Anne accomplished many things that greatly impacted England. III. Reign of England A. Marriage to Henry VIII 1. Annulment of marriage to Catherine 2.Separation from Roman Catholic Church B. Anne’s influence on Henry 1. The beheading of close friends of the king, Cardinal Wolsey, John Fisher, and Sir Thomas More. 2. Dissolution of monasteries 3...
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...Assess the significance of religion as a factor in bringing about change in the nature of royal authority between 1540 – 1642 Between 1540 and 1642 England saw six different rulers; an examination into the religious changes, personality and relationship with parliament will bring about an answer in to the change of nature of royal authority. During 1540-1642 religious change led to rebellions and conflict proved highly embarrassing and potentially fatal to the monarchy ‘The church acted as a bedrock of authority. It had been a source of authority in late medieval society’ says Nicholas Fellows. After the reformation of the church Edward VI had to deal with situation of confusion left from his father. Edward was a firm supporter of the religious reforms and by 1549 England had made a caution step towards Protestantism. The western rebellion 1547 illustrated a strong sense of religious conservatism. The complaints that caused the rebellion were the changes that were thought to have taken place in the baptism and confirmation and the rebels wanted the restoration of many of the old religious practices. Article two’s call for the restoration of the six articles undermined all the work of the Edwardian reformation, they also had a strong desire for the ceremony and ritual of catholism. The rebels attacks communion and both kinds of the new prayer book which were symbolic of the new religion, clearly most of the demands was an attack of Protestantism and furthermore an attack...
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...Engelsk B (Titel 1-6) Anette Ranvild (AR) E-mail: ar@vucv.dk / (Titel 7- ) Pelle Esbensen (PE) E-mail: pe@vucv.dk 1enB02 12-14 Hold Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb Titel 1 Titel 2 Titel 3 Titel 4 Titel 5 Titel 6 Titel 7 Titel 8 Titel 9 Global English Growing up The US Election 2012 UK History Crime Different Worlds Technology in Education The BIG City Relationships Titel 10 Ukraine Side 1 af 11 Beskrivelse af det enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb) Titel 1 Indhold Kernestof: Finderup & Fog (i-bog 2012): Worlds of English pp 22, 23 Jonathan Safran Foer (2002): ’Everything is Illuminated’ in Finderup & Fog: Worlds of English Global English Supplerende stof: Global English with David Crystal (videoklip): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZI1EjxxXKw The History of English in 10 Minutes (videoklip): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rexKqvgPVuA&feature=related Omfang Særlige fokuspunkter ca. 15 lektioner á 45 min • • • • • • • • • • at træne mundtligt engelsk at læse engelske tekster meningsfyldt op at udvide ordforrådet screening at skabe et godt socialt klima på holdet klasseundervisning gruppearbejde pararbejde skriveøvelser Cooperative Learning (CL) strukture Væsentligste arbejdsformer Side 2 af 11 Beskrivelse af det enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb) Titel 2 Indhold Kernestof: Ernest Hemingway: ‘Baby Shoes for Sale’ (copy) Finderup & Fog (i-bog 2012, Worlds of English • P. Lively (1978):...
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...Sir Francis Drake, born in Devonshire, England, was a British privateer (a pirate working for the government). No birth records exist for Drake but historians believe he was born anywhere between the years 1540-1544 and died of dysentery in 1596. Sir Francis was the oldest of 12 sons born to Edmund Drake, tenant farmer, and Mary Drake (Benson 4). Not only was Drake a British privateer but he was also an explorer, slave trader, and politician of the Elizabethan era. He was involved in piracy and, in his early years, the slave trade. In 1581 he was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth I for carrying out the second circumnavigation of the world. Drake was very well-known and respected among fellow Englishmen and was feared by the Spanish....
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...Women’s Suffrage Movement David Mondor U.S. History 1865 to 1945 Paul Sadler February 19, 2005 Abstract The Women’s Suffrage Movement can trace its roots, back to Anne Hutchinson’s conviction and expulsion in 1637 for sedition in Massachusetts. This movement has had many achievements, disappointments, and internal disagreements, throughout its history, the right to vote given, then taken away, many times before it became enshrined in the United States Constitution. Through ratification by 36 states of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, women finally had the same rights as men, the right to be considered citizens and vote, the right to be considered equal to men. This struggle for equality and voting rights we discuss in this paper. Women’s Suffrage Movement Women’s Suffrage in America began in 1637 when Anne Hutchinson dared to defy church leaders, with her thoughts on religion. This contemptuous display of women’s rights at a time when women were considered the property of men landed Anne, before a tribunal of men. They convicted her of ‘sedition’ and expelled her from Massachusetts’s colony. Mary Dyer, having been the only person to stand up for Anne during her trial, was also expelled a few months later from the colony, along with her husband William. In 1652 Mary Dyer visited England for five years and during that time she joined the Society of Friends, the Quaker religion founded by George Fox. Returning to New England, Dyer headed back to the Massachusetts’s Bay...
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