The Renaissance English Renaissance This was a period

The Renaissance

English Renaissance Ø This was a period of great change. The breaking down of the Christian church into Protestant and Catholic radically changed personal and public life Ø England was influenced by northen European humanism, specially by Erasmus and his disciples, Thomas More and John Colet Ø Humanist educators wished to make their students literate in Latin and Greek Ø In the 16 th century there was an incrementig of population in England

THE TUDOR DYNASTY

HENRY VII Ø Henry Tudor defeated the last Yorkist in the Wars of Roses and became Henry VII in 1485 Ø He restored the reputation of the monarch as one who rules, not merely reigns Ø Henry VII sponsored the voyage from Bristol of John Cabot in 1497 ehich led to discovery to The North American mainland

HENRY VIII Ø Henry VII was succeded by his son, Henri VIII, in 1509 Ø The first half of Henry. VIII’s reign was that of a typical Renaissance Prince Ø Henry himself was an accomplished musician and linguist Ø Henry VIII had six wives: from first three marriages he looked for a mal hair

EDWARD VI AND MARY I Ø On Henry’s death in 1547, his son, Edward became, at 9 -year-old, the king as Edward VI Ø His uncle, Edward Seymour, became Lord Protector Ø When his half sister and wife to the king of Spain Philp II, became queen as Mary I Ø Mary earned the nickname “Bloody Mary”

Elizabeth I Ø Elizabeth I succeded her sister Mary in 1558 and became England’s most popular ruler Ø Elizabeth was well educated and culturated and her court was more brilliant than her father Ø The Spanish Armada was defeated by the weather and the superior design of the English ships