The House of Tudors

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The Tudors The birth of the nation state

Transcript of The House of Tudors

The TudorsThe birth of the nation state

The Tudors ruled from 1485 to 1603

The Tudors

Henry VII Henry VIII Edward VI Elizabeth IMary IHenry VII

Henry VIIReign: 1485 to 1509

He based royal power on good business sense.

He wanted to grow English trade in order to make the Crown financially independent.

Using the ‘Court of Star Chamber’, he dealt with lawless nobles.

Upon his death, he left behind about fifteen years’ worth of income.

Henry VIIIReign: 1509 to 1547

He wanted to be influent in European politics.

He wasted all the money saved by his father.

Henry disapproved the power of the Church because he could not control it.

He became head of the Church in England in 1531. It was legalized by the Parlament in 1534.

Between 1536 and 1539, monasteries were dissolved by the Crown in order to make money.

Edward VIReign: 1547 to 1553

The country was ruled by a council of keen Protestant reformers.

In 1552 it was introduced a Protestant prayer book.

Mary IReign: 1553 to 1558

Upon Edward's death, his cousin Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed queen, but Mary deposed her.

Her marriage to King Philip of Spain caused discontent.

As Catholic, she burned at the stake about three hundred Protestants.

Elizabeth IReign: 1558 to 1603

She wanted to solve peacefully the problems of English Reformation.

The parish, administrated by the parson or vicar, became the unit of state administration.

Elizabeth decided not to marry neither French or Spanish kings, who were Catholics.

She kept Mary, the Scottish queen, as a prisoner until 1587, when Spain decided to invade England.