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The English Reformation. King Henry VIII. Lived 1491-1547 Reigned 1509-1547. Henry is married to Catherine of Aragon but. Catherine has a lady-in-waiting named Anne Boleyn. The Pope says. Henry Does What Any Proud, Arrogant Desperate Man Would Have Done. So Is Born The Anglican Church. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The English Reformation
King Henry VIII
Lived 1491-1547
Reigned 1509-1547
Henry is married to Catherine of Aragon but . . .
Catherine has a lady-in-waiting named Anne Boleyn.
The Pope says . . .
Henry Does What Any Proud, Arrogant Desperate Man Would Have Done. . .
So Is Born The Anglican Church.
Anne has a daughter named Elizabeth (yes, that Elizabeth) but no sons.
Henry Meets Jane Seymour.
This Does Not Well For Anne.
Queen Elizabeth I
Lived 1533-1603
Reigned 1558-1603
Elizabeth Refuses To Marry
The Defeat Of The Spanish Armada
She Is Anglican But Tolerates Private Catholicism.
She Supports Shakespeare.
Really.
King James I
Lived 1566-1625Reigned 1603-1625
He Is Scholarly And Moderately Protestant.
But He Rules As An ABSOLUTE MONARCH.
His reign is peaceful & prosperous but scandal plagued.
“Rex fuit Elizabeth, nunc
est regina Jacobus.”
Robert Carr, Duke of Somerset
George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
King Charles I
Lived 1600-1649Reigned 1625-1649
Charles Attempts To Rule As An Absolute
Monarch.
This will not end well.
