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"A Klee painting named 'Angelus Novus' shows an angel looking as though he is about to move away from something he is fixedly contemplating. the angel of history Walter Benjamin

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  • 1. the angel of history

2. the angel of history 3. the angel of history 4. the angel of history 5. the angel of hitory 6. the angel of history 7. 1485 - 1509 Henry VII , the first Tudor, claimed the throne by right of conquest after defeating Richard III. His mother was the grand-daughter of the illegitimate grandson of Edward II, which makes Henry the great-great-great- grandson of a king 1509 - 1547 Henry VIII, he of the six wives, was the son of Henry VII. He took England from the Church of Rome to a semi-Protestant faith, the Church of England 1547 - 1553 Edward VI, third child and only son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, never married, died of TB at age 15 (ferociously Protestant) 1553 Jane Grey, f-cousin of Edward, Mary, Elizabeth, on the throne at age 15, never crowned, executed at 16 (ferociously Protestant) 1553 - 1558 Mary, first child and daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon, married Phillip of Spain (ferociously Roman Catholic) 8. Historical accuracy, however, isnt the only game in town.