The Tudor Monarchs
Catherine of Aragon Anne Boleyn Jane Seymour Henry VIII ( )
Jane Seymour Edward VI ( ) Catherine of Aragon Anne Boleyn Mary Tudor ( ) Elizabeth I ( )
Henry VIII “Defender of Faith” Act of Supremacy Convents and monasteries closed, lands seized At odds with the Pope over his refusal to annul his marriage Loyal Catholics executed for treason
Edward VI Advisors were Protestants Parliament passed new laws that brought Protestant reforms Book of Common Prayer Uprisings harshly suppressed
Mary Tudor Catholic Protestants burned at the stake Mary’s husband King Philip II of Spain
Elizabeth I Compromise between Protestants & Catholics Restored unity to England England firmly became a Protestant nation