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1485 - 1603. HENRY VII (1485 – 1509). financial and governmental stability Royal Navy support to the merchant classes. HENRY VIII (1509 – 1547). six wives break with Rome (Act of Supremacy , 1534 ). economic reasons > get money from the Church
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HENRY VII (1485 – 1509) • financial and governmental stability • Royal Navy • support to the merchant classes
HENRY VIII (1509 – 1547) • sixwives • break with Rome (Act of Supremacy, 1534) economic reasons > get money from the Church political reasons > weaken the power of the Church personal reasons > divorce Catherine
EDWARD VI (1547- 1553) • becomes king at the age of 10 • dies 6 years later • Acts of Uniformity (Book of the CommonPrayer, conformed to Protestant doctrine)
MARY I (1553-1558) • (Bloody Mary) • support to Catholicism • harsh persecution of Protestants
ELIZABETH I (1558- 1603) • Golden Age > Flourishing of Arts • Maritime Expansion • Thirty-nine articles (1571-set of Protestant teachings and beliefs) • War with Spain (1588 – defeat of the Invincible Armada) • contrast with Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland