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Henry VII and Henry VIII
THE RETURN OF LANCASTER
 Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond
 The Lancastrian Heir
 Mom was the granddaughter of John of
Gaunt
 Battle of Bosworth Field
 Henry claims victory
 Henry VII
HENRY VII AND
THE TUDOR ROSE
THE TUDORS
 Ended the Middle Ages
 Feudal System No More
 Nobles had weakened themselves
 5 Tudor Kings
 Exercise more control than ever
before
 Not always popular (some detested)
 None murdered or deposed
though…
 Religious Persecution Begins
 Catholics vs. Protestants
HENRY TUDOR’S PAST
 Video – King Henry VII
 Henry’s Youth
 Exile and danger
 Determined never to go back!
 Poor upbringing
 Policies As King
 Statecraft and Fiscal Policy
 Rather than war to defeat
enemies
NEW ECONOMICS
 Monetary Policies
 Poor upbringing taught him the value of money
 By his death, England was out of debt
 Lots of extra money in the treasury
 Extremely Generous
 Some considered him mean
 Actions prove otherwise
 Lots of money to the Church, helped the sick and poor,
patronized (supported) printers, and brought French
and Italian scholars to England to teach
THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE
 The Rebirth of the Arts
 Architecture, literature,
theatre, and music
 Printing press
 William Shakespeare
 English Nationalism
 Proud to be English!
 Discovery and
exploration – Henry VII
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DYANSTIC MARRIAGES
Arthur and Catherine of Aragon
DYANSTIC MARRIAGES
Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon
DYANSTIC MARRIAGES
Margaret Tudor and James IV of Scotland
Dynastic Marriages
Mary Tudor and Louis XII of France
HENRY VIII
 The Early Years
 Private enterprise
 Leaves government to…
 Cardinal Wolsey
 Catholic cardinal and
Chancellor of England
 Leads for Henry VIII for 20
years
 Leads with skill – Prosperous
England!
HENRY THROUGH THE AGES
 At First…
 Tall, handsome, and fair
complexion
 Spoke several languages
 Author, composer,
musician
 Adept at dancing, hunting,
womanizing, and sports
 Very Skilled and Well
Trained!
HENRY THROUGH THE AGES
 At Last…
 Grossly overweight
 Moved by cranes and other
inventions
 Riddled with disease
 Covered in pus-filled wounds
and bed sores
 Cruel and tyrannical
streaks
 At least 50,000 families,
including those of two of his
wives, mourned the death of
someone in their family at the
hand of Henry.
DESCRIPTIONS OF HENRY VIII
 Henry is very religious. He hears three masses daily when he
hunts and sometimes five on other days.
 Henry was England’s most tireless horseman, foremost wrestler
and a first class archer.
 He is very talented: a good musician who composes well. He
speaks good French, Latin and Spanish.
 He is fond of hunting, and never takes his sport without tiring
eight or ten horses.
 Henry VIII was so fat that three men had to haul him out of bed
in the morning. His legs had oozing scabs on them. He was
almost bald.
Henry’s armor in 1515
Henry’s armor in 1540
THE REFORMATION
 Martin Luther
 95 Theses
 Protestants
 Henry VIII Comes
to the Defense!
 Fidei Defensor –
“Defender of the
Faith”
 Not for long…