The Tudors Fabio Pesaresi
The House of Tudor HENRY VII Arthur + Catherine of Aragon HENRY VIII Elizabeth IEdward VIMary I Margaret + James IV of Scotland James V Mary, Queen of Scots + Lord Henry Darnley James I Stuart (James VI of Scotland)
HENRY VII Home policy ► Confiscated lands of the nobles defeated or dead in the War ► Avoided war because too expensive ► Popular among middle classes
HENRY VII Foreign policy: ► Trade agreements with Flanders and Spain ► Strategic marriages: Arthur + Catherine of Aragon Margaret + James IV of Scotland ► Stregthens the fleet
Arthur dies in 1502 his brother Henry marries his wife Catherine of Aragon obtaining a special dispensation from the Pope
HENRY VIII ► Renaissance king with a magnificant court ► poet and athlete ► ruthless with enemies
The Reformation ► Origins: anticlericalism (Lollardy in 12th century) doctrines of Martin Luther clash with the Pope
The path to the breach with Rome ► 1521: nominated Defensor Fidei ► 1526: Request of dispensation to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn ► Pope Clemente VII denies the dispensation: it is the second one, and he needs Spain against the Reformed princes in Germany
The breach 1534 Act of Supremacy Henry declares himself Supreme Head of the Church in England
Consequences of the Reformation ► 1535: Sir Thomas More is beheaded ► more importance given to Parliament ► secretary Thomas Cromwell (known as Malleus Monachorum) advises the suppression of the monastic orders acquisition of their wealth
The six wives 1. Catherine of Aragon (divorced) Mary 2. Anne Boleyn (executed) Elizabeth 3. Jane SeymourEdward VI 4. Anne de Cleves (divorced) 5. Catherine Howard (executed) 6. Catherine Parr
Protestantism ► Confiscation of the lands of the Church donated or sold to middle classes ► Translation of the Bible to strengthen the English Church
The last years of reign ► Progressive cruelty ► Widespread poverty ► inflation
EDWARD VI ► proceeds towards Protestantism ► Common Book of Prayers ► simpler worship and churches
Edward VI, his father and the Pope
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