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THE RENAISSANCE – HISTORY - Coggle Diagram
THE RENAISSANCE – HISTORY
Wars of the Roses in 1485
Henry Tudor became king of England as Henry VII
Born of the Tudor dynasty
peace and prosperity period
gave importance to the culture
Foundation of humanism
Henry VIII
completed what his father had started
New golden Period
English Reformation
Married the Catholic Catherine of Aragon but when he decided to ask to the Pope for a divorce for him wife so he would marry Anne Boleyn, because she wouldn't give a male, but the pope refused
With a
Act of Supremacy
, broke with the Church of Rome and the Church of England became independent, declared
himself Head of the State and also Head of the Church
giving way to the English Reformation.
England became a protestant country with its Anglicanism.
A opponents of this decision was Sir
Thomas More
, the writer of Utopia, because refused to recognize the supremacy of the king, and for this reason
he was beheaded
Henry VIII
also
started a period of persecution
. And after him death, his son
Edward VI
continued the
Catholics persecution
When
Mary I
, daughter of
Catherine of Aragon
, became queen, she
began to persecute the Protestants
. She became popular with the name of
“Bloody Mary”
.
When Elizabeth I came to the throne the England get a
long period of stability and peace
. Under her reign Catholicism and Protestantism coexisted and this compromise brought wealth, commercial power also in the foreign policy.
Elisa created a
big fleet
for develop the
overseas trade
, (she wanted to control the colonies of the new continents)
She encouraged the expansion of the navy and supported with enthusiasm the exploration.
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was a musician, soldier, poet and a horsemen