- Philip II was the king of Spain in 1556 and the king of Portugal. In 1554, he also became the king of Sicily, and Duke of Milan. Philip II was the most powerful king during his time. Henry of Navarre - Henry IV was the king of Navarre during 1572 to 1610 and also was the king of France during 1589 to 1610. Henry IV was the very first monarch to work for the House of Bourbon. Cardinal Richelieu - Cardinal Richelieu was a Cardinal-Duke of Richelieu and Fronsac. He was also a noble, clergyman, and
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“The Lady in the Tower” is a story about King Henry VIII who had a lovely daughter named Mary. When Mary was a young girl, her father knew how beautiful she was going to be. Because her father wanted to protect her from the realities of the world, he decided to lock her in a tower. Then, so that anyone couldn’t come in the tower, he hired and trained a guard to kill anyone who tried to enter the tower. There was this one man name Oliver Cromwell who always came to see the princess, the princess asked
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Assess the view that the mid Tudor crisis was caused by religious change made by Henry VIII Mid Tudor Crisis contains of the religious changes, war, succession, economic problems, political changes and problems and finally rebellions. The factor that progressed the Mid Tudor crisis was the economic failure of Somerset and his polices which lead to famine and uprising, with civil war becoming imminent to England. The monarchy was in serious turmoil due to religious changes made through the successors
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birth was one of the most exciting political events in the sixteenth century European history (Hanson). She was the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn (Moral and Greenblatt). When Queen Elizabeth was two years old, a tragedy occurred within her family. Her mother, Anne Boleyn, had been charged with adultery and treason. Her father, King Henry VIII, made the very difficult choice of beheading her due to the charges he bestowed upon her. Shortly after her mother's death, her father
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us it was driven by henry wanting a divorce ! Conclusion: I believe that the break was not driven by cromwell but a variety of other reasons (quote source 7 and 8 ‘succession problem) Thomas Cromwell was an adviser to Henry VIII, responsible for drafting the documents that formalised England's religious and political break with Rome during the 1530’s. It can be argued that he was the driving force behind the break from Rome. However it could be other reasons such as Henrys desire for a divorce
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The precarious and unfortunate life of Anne boleyn set her apart from other Queens that had ascended the English throne. Her life prior to her marriage with King Henry VIII, had been virtuous and observant of religious and familial duties. She was a noble person that clinged to her values and religious priorities. The unfavourable circumstances that surrounded Anne’s life, led her to compromise with many aspects of her being and sacrifice an abundance of her happiness. The end of Anne’s queenship
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motives were “to serve God and his Majesty, to give light to those who were in darkness and to grow rich as all men desire to do”. Anne Boleyn – The second wife of Henry VII, she promised Henry that if he married her she would produce a son. Instead she gave birth to Elizabeth I, she was soon beheaded by Henry. Catherine of Aragon – Henry VII first wife who gave birth to a daughter, Mary. She was divorced and replaced by Anne Boleyn. Charles V – The Holy Roman Emperor who was a devoted Catholic,
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when he was a teenager. Initially fighting as a soldier in the French army he somehow acquired a broad education including some knowledge of business and law. Cromwell was the second of the great ministers to Henry VIII. He became legal secretary for Cardinal Wolsey who was in service to Henry VIII. Wolsey fell out but Cromwell survived, becoming a member of parliament. In 1523, Cromwell became a member of parliament, where he greatly extended the power of the house. During this time, he also started
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Thomas More and wife of William Roper. During More's imprisonment in the Tower of London, she was a frequent visitor to his cell, along with her husband. After More was beheaded in 1535 for refusing to bless the Reformation of Henry VIII of England and swear to Henry as head of the English Church, his head, after being parboiled, was displayed on a pike at London Bridge for a month. At the end of that period, Margaret bribed the man whose business it was to throw the head into the river, to give
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Queen Elizabeth Regina I was born to Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII at Greenwich Palace on 7 September 1533. She was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. Her mother, Anne Boleyn, was the second wife to Henry VIII and was later charged with with plotting to murder the king. She was charged with 22 counts of adultery. She was later found guilty and beheaded on May 19, 1536, when Elizabeth was just 3 years old. Henry needed Anne out of the way so that he could marry Jane Seymour. Jane Seymour
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