1. The Renaissance in England
Henry VIII and Elizabeth I

2. England Enters the Renaissance Rather Late
England, compared to the rest of Europe, who experienced it in the 15th C (1400s) entered the Renaissance rather late because of internal turmoil and instability
The War of the Roses
War between aristocrats ( )
House of Lancaster (red) & York (white)
battling for the throne
Printing of books only introduced into England when Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond defeated the Yorkist King Richard III at Bosworth Field in 1485 and was crowned King Henry VII ( )
TUDOR DYNASTY = STABILITY

3. King Henry VIII

4. King Henry VIII aka“Off With Her Head
King Henry VIII aka“Off With Her Head!” or “The Pope won’t let me get a divorce so I’m going to make my own Church of England”
Henry VIII came to throne in 1509
Big fat man with a powerful personality
Henry recognized that Europe had benefited under the new Renaissance
Wanted to be a “Renaissance Man”
Supported writers and thinkers at his court
Sir Thomas Moore ( )
Sir Thomas Wyatt ( )
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517?-1547)
Each of these poets explored Italian models of poetry

5. The Protestant Reformation
16th Century—Roman Catholic Church corrupt
1517—Martin Luther 95 Theses objecting to issues of corruption in Catholic Church
Henry VIII had originally supported the Church; however, Henry and his wife Catharine of Aragon did not have a son to continue the Tudor line
Henry could not get a divorce from the Pope, so he made himself the head of his own Church—The Anglican Church.

6. Henry’s problems

7. Martin Luther 95 Theses Number 36. Every truly repentant Christian
has a right to full remission of penalty and
guilt, even without letters of pardon.

8. Anne Boleyn m. 1533 - 1536 Executed
Bloody
Mary-no boys
Catherine of Aragon m Divorced
Queen
Elizabeth I
False treason
charge
Anne Boleyn m Executed
Jane Seymour
m – 1537
Died
King
Edward VI
“favorite”
Henry’s Six Wives
“OFF WITH HER HEAD!”
Anne of Cleves m Jan. -July Divorced
Looked
“like a horse”
“Divorced, beheaded, died;
Divorced, beheaded, survived”
this website gives backgrounds on all women.
Kathryn Howard m Executed
Too many
affairs
Reunited
Henry with
children
Katherine Parr m Widowed

9. Elizabeth I