Charles VII

-Reconciled with Burgundians and other provinces.

-Increased influence of middle class and royal finances through new taxes.

-Created first permanent royal army.

-Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges. (Concordat of Bologna)

Louis XI

• Spider King

• Promoted new industry: – Weaving– Foreign craftsmen– Commercial treaties with

England

Expansion of royal control of

French provinces.

Louis XII & Mary Tudor(daughter of Henry VII and sister of Henry VIII

Francis I - & death of da Vinci

Chambord

Chambord & Chenenceau

da Vinci’s double-helix staircase

model of the staircase

• Leonardo da Vinci's perfect "Vitruvian" image of man, the plan for the Chateau of Chambord shows how its design is based on the use of geometric figures to create a pure and simple symmetry. Circles, squares, Greek crosses, and rectangles based on "the golden number" surround the central stairways.

Amboise

The Royal House of Lancaster branch of the Plantagenet House

King Henry IVReigned 1399-1413

King Henry V Reigned 1413-1422

King Henry VIReigned 1422-1461 and 1470-1471Deposed in 1461, restored 1470Deposed and murdered in 1471

Henry IV

Reigned 1399-1413

The Royal House of Lancaster

Henry VHouse of Lancaster

Reigned 1413-1422

Henry VIHouse of Lancaster

Reigned 1422-1461 and 1470-1471

Deposed in 1461, restored 1470

Deposed and murdered in 1471

The Royal House of York Branch of the House of Plantagenet

• King Edward IVReigned 1461-1470 and 1471-1483Deposed 1470; restored 1471.

King Edward VBecame king in 1483Disappeared, presumably murdered.

King Richard IIIReigned 1483-1485Killed in battle

Edward IVHouse of York

Reigned 1461-1470 and 1471-1483

Deposed 1470; restored 1471.

King Edward V and the Duke of York in

the Tower of London

by Paul Delaroche

Richard IIIHouse of York

Reigned 1483-1485Killed in battle

Henry VII (Tudor)

Reigned 1485-1509

Henry VIII & Katherine of Aragon

The Tudor Dynasty • King Henry VIIReigned 1485-1509

King Henry VIIIReigned 1509-1547

King Edward VIReigned 1547-1553

Lady Jane GreyProclaimed queen in 1553

Deposed after nine days. Executed in 1554.

Queen Mary IReigned 1553-1558

Queen Elizabeth IReigned 1558-1603

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Isabella & Ferdinand (Castile & Aragon)

Las Hermandades