The Tudors

The Tudors

Henry VII (1485-1509)

The first Tudor king in England

Created a new family emblem, the Red Rose.

Banned nobles to raise their own armies.

Explored Eastern America and planted the Tudor flag in Nova Scotia.

Erasmus of Rotterdam Brought the Humanism of the Renaissance to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Sir Thomas More brought Eauropean thought and Protestantism in England.

Henry VIII (1509-1547)

Did you know?

• King Henry VIII liked to get his own way and was a bit of a show off.
• Henry had a fool to make him laugh. The fool told jokes and did funny things, like a clown.
• Henry VIII enjoyed archery and jousting on a horse. When Henry died, he owned 50 different palaces. The most famous is Hampton Court.
• Henry had a bowling alley and tennis courts at Hampton Court!

Edward VI (1547-1553)

9 years old.

Religious services were held in English instead of Latin.

The "Book of Common Prayer" became compulsory

The King died of consumption in 1553

Mary I (1553-1558)

Catholic.

Ally of Spain.

Restored Catholic rituals and heresy laws through the Counter-Reformation

Earned the name "Bloody Mary"

Died in 1558

Reading and comprehension (pag 47 n. 2-3)