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The Tudors(A very, extremely, immensely brief introduction)

1485-1603

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Henry VII:28th Jan 1457 - 21st April 150922nd August 1485

Henry VIII:28th June 1491 - 28th Jan 1457

Edward IV:12th Oct 1537 - 6th July 1553

(Jane, ‘The Nine Day Queen’:1536 - 12th Feb 1554

Mary I:18th Feb 1516 - 17th Nov 1558

Elizabeth I:7th Sept 1533 - 24th March 1603

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“Troublesome Tudors”

An incredibly messy and impossibly difficult time:War, murder, sex, religion, divorce, new laws -

and worst of all: women on the throne!

https://youtu.be/nVMj_bwQQ3Q

Break with Catholic Church - 1532-4

Field of the Cloth of Gold - 1520

Marriage to Anne Boleyn ~1532Divorce from Catherine of Aragon 1533

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SocietyNobility$$$!

Well educatedOwn land (lots of it)Family is everything

Gentry / merchantsRich

Men are educatedOwn some land

Family = important Craftsmen / YeomenCan be as rich as gentry

Might be educated‘New money’

PeasantsVery poor

Rent land / houseWork for upper classes

Little opportunity to riseShort life span - diseases!

⅓ of the population lived in poverty

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Prevalent issues in societyEmpire / Colonialisation● 1492 - Christopher Columbus ‘discovers’ America● 1577-80 - Francis Drake circumnavigates the globe● 1578 - Elizabeth I grants patent of discovery to

Humphrey GilbertReligion● Protestant vs Catholic (England vs Spain/Holy

Roman Empire)● IslamRole of women● Jane, Mary, Elizabeth● Mary Queen of Scots, Mary of Guise, Catherine de

Medici