Determined to Undermine During the 16th century Ireland was to be impacted deeply by the sudden change of nobility to Henry the VII’s rule of the people. When looking at why this was important in Irish history you have to understand the historical context of the situation at the time when the Tudors stepped in on Irish rule. Ireland was to be looked at as a submissive power quickly because of the seemingly small fight they had put up to the rules that were attempting to change their country. These
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is the Wars of the Roses in the fifteenth century. The Hundred Years’ War ‚ in which England lost practically all its lands in France‚ ended in 1453‚ but there was no peace in the country. The feudal struggle had broken out and the atmosphere in this country was instable and uncertain leading to the civil war in the fifteenth century. The War of the Roses was a series of dynastic civil war for the throne of England between supporters of two rival branches of the royal house Plantagenet: the house
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changes the new monarchs had to make: including weakening powerful rivals‚ increasing revenue‚ unifying the country‚ and strengthening the power of the king and his bureaucracy. Three countries successful in strengthening themselves were France‚ England and Spain. To create and sustain a new monarchy kings have to introduce many changes. At the early 15th century there was political fragmentation‚ where countries were not unified and had many separate rulers governing small areas. At that time the
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into a family of royalty‚ of Kings and Queens. She was destined to be a Queen herself but it wasn’t her choice that she got to marry that was up to her father King Ferdinand and her mother Queen Isabel of Aragon‚ Spain. They talked to King Henry VII of England. A treaty was made‚ despite the age being a faithless one and Ferdinand he never kept an oath an hour longer than it suited him; but mutual interests by kinship might hold sovereigns together against a common opponent. The children of Ferdinand
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land. Well‚ a very talented sailor discovered that field whose name was John Cabot. Giovanni Cabot (John Cabot) was a Genoese explorer and navigator who explored the Eastern coast of Canada in C.1497 with the permission and supervision of King Henry VII. Giovanni was born in C.1450 and passed away around C.1500. Cabot was an early merchant with no sailing experience but studied and had an interest in sailing. After countless years of being a merchant‚ he fully became a Venetian citizen being born
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Did Mary I deserve to be known as Bloody Mary? Mary I was the queen of England and Wales from 1553 to 1558. She was born in 1516 and died in 1558 aged 42. Mary was the daughter of Henry VIII and the catholic Catherine of Aragon. Soon after she became queen‚ on the death of her half-brother‚ Edward VI‚ she married Philip II of Spain. She hoped he would help her make England Catholic again‚ as she was determined to stamp out Protestantism belief. During her short reign over 300
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political unity of England above any other aspect of her kingdom‚ including religion. Elizabeth I’s reign was influenced politically and religiously‚ in respect to ideas about gender. Elizabeth‚ daughter of Henry VIII‚ responded authoritatively to any opposition she faced. Considering the fact that a female successor to the throne of England was ascending‚ there was a tremendous amount of political influence on her reign. The Act of Supremacy (Doc. 3)‚ declared by King Henry VII‚ assured that Elizabeth
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The Tudor dynasty began in 1484 when the war of the roses had ended‚ Richard III Killed at the battle of Bosworth by a young Henry Tudor who made a political alliance to marry Elizabeth of York. This was a political manoeuvre to secure the land. During the history of the Tudor dynasty‚ Elizabeth of York is a hugely influential figure in the early modern period not just because of her name and title but because of her own hereditary claim to the throne and her own status within society. Elizabeth
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Duke of Gloucester. In 1470‚ Edward and Richard were exiled when Henry VI was briefly restored to the throne. The following year‚ they returned to England and Richard contributed to the Yorkist victories at Barnet and Tewkesbury which restored Edward to the throne. He was King of England for two years‚ from 1483 until his death in 1485‚ then Henry Tudor took the throne as Henry VII. Richard was the last Yorkist king of England‚ whose death at the Battle of Bosworth effectively ended the Wars of
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The Tudors: the birth of the nation state. The new monarchy. The Century of Tudor rule (1485-1603) is often thought of as a most glorious period in English history. Henry VII built the foundations of a wealthy nation state and a powerful monarchy. His son‚ Henry VIII‚ kept a magnificent court‚ and made the Church in England truly English by breaking away from the Roman Catholic Church. Finally‚ his daughter Elizabeth brought glory to the new state by defeating the powerful navy of Spain‚ the
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