Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Notes 9/28/10

  • Queen Anne had sex with many people in court, even her own brother
  • 2 days after all of her lovers were killed, she was executed
  • Henry finally had a son with his next wife, Jane Seymour
  • 12 days later Jane died
  • A law was passed so that only men of the Church could read the English Bible 
  • 1540- Cromwell was executed because Henry didn't like the woman that Cromwell chose for him
  • Henry restored the succession of Mary and Elizabeth
  • After Henry died, there was a battle for the throne between Edward, Mary, and Elizabeth
  • Edward was 9 years old when his father died (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VI_of_England)
  • 1553- Edward died
  • Mary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_I_of_England)
    • A devout Catholic, she went to Mass 2 or 3 times a day
    • Raised outside of England
    • Grew up in France
    • Mary wanted to return England to the Catholic Church and produce a male heir that would keep it that way
    • Brought back Mass, Latin text, restores Churches
    • Went out of her way to say that they returned to Catholicism or they die
    • She thought of Protestants as heretics
    • Her husband was Philip II, trying to create ties to the Spanish
    • The queen liked Spain better than England
    • Died childless
  • Elizabeth
    • Raised Protestant
    • Elizabeth stopped the religious war
    • She outlawed Mass and brought back the Common Bible
    • She allowed priests to remain celibate, and didn't mind the calender of Saint's Days
    • The Pope said that he would bless anyone who assassinated Elizabeth
    • Immense amount of public support for Elizabeth
  • The Pope tried to influence Spain to start a war with England
  • Her reign was known for peace and a rise in culture
  • Nationalism and Protestantism became closely tied

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