1. The English Reformation

2. King Henry VIII Lived 1491-1547 Reigned 1509-1547

3. Henry is married to Catherine of Aragon but...

4. Catherine has a lady- in-waiting named Anne Boleyn.

5. The Pope says...

6. Henry Does What Any Proud, Arrogant Desperate Man Would Have Done...

7. So Is Born The Anglican Church.

8. Anne has a daughter named Elizabeth (yes, that Elizabeth) but no sons.

9. Henry Meets Jane Seymour.

10. This Does Not Well For Anne.

12. Queen Elizabeth I Lived 1533-1603 Reigned 1558-1603

13. Elizabeth Refuses To Marry

14. The Defeat Of The Spanish Armada

15. She Is Anglican But Tolerates Private Catholicism.

16. She Supports Shakespeare.

17. Really.

18. King James I Lived 1566-1625 Reigned 1603-1625

19. He Is Scholarly And Moderately Protestant.

20. But He Rules As An ABSOLUTE MONARCH.

21. His reign is peaceful & prosperous but scandal plagued. “Rex fuit Elizabeth, nunc est regina Jacobus.” Robert Carr, Duke of SomersetGeorge Villiers, Duke of Buckingham

22. King Charles I Lived 1600-1649 Reigned 1625-1649

23. Charles Attempts To Rule As An Absolute Monarch.

24. This will not end well.