Writ history of England from the time of Henry vii 1509 1547 to the glorious revolution 1688 how did England c

Question

Writ history of England from the time of Henry vii 1509 1547 to the glorious revolution 1688 how did England change politically religiously and socially during the time period.

Answer 1

In a nutshell, King Henry VIII was an avid supporter of the Catholic Church and an opponent of Martin Luther until his wife couldn't bear him any sons and since she was a relative (wife of his late bro Arthur), he tried to get the Catholic church to allow him to divorce....but the pope says "No dice, buddy." So Henry starts his own church, called the Church of England, gets an annullment from his first wife, marries Anne Boleynn (she's beheaded for adultery), and then so forth. Remember the rhyme....divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived. That's how all of Henry's marriages ended.

Henry's only son, a sickly Edward VI, comes to the throne and he is staunchly Protestant and introduces a Protestant prayer book. Unfortunately, he dies and Mary comes to the throne, brings back the Catholic church, persecutes Protestants, but she dies (allegedly of cancer), and her sister Elizabeth takes the throne and institutes a little bit of religious tolerance.

In the 17th century, England and the rest of Europe partake in the 30 years' war which started with battling over religion but started to become more political towards the end. The Treaty of Westphaila ends it. The war is from 1618 to 1648. I believe this is during the time when the "defenestration of Prague" takes place. Two Catholic guys are thrown out of a window by some Protestant guys, hence the word "defenestration," which is a word for the act of....throwing someone out of a window (comes from the Latin word for window). Surprisingly, the two men survived.

There are two sides to the Prague incident; Catholics say that they were lifted up by angels onto higher ground while Protestants say that a dung heap broke their fall (the latter being the true story of their survival). Here's a little "food" for thought; if someone threw you out of a window, would you rather fall and die on impact or fall into a bacteria-laden pile of crap and save yourself?

Anyhoo, I will provide some wikipedia links that might be of some help to you. I still need to polish my skills on the Glorious Revolution. But it all has to do with religion at some point.

Here's a link to a European history podcast from a course in history at U.C. Berkeley. The professor teaching the course is awesome and I think he might be able to clear up some of the issues you have asked about this period in time.

http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses/archive.php?seriesid=1906978348

Go to the lectures titled "Revolutions in Religions," "Cultural Legacies of Early Modern Europe," and "Religious War and Witchcraft." Those might help you out. Or just go to the podcast section of iTunes and click on the UC Berkely icon and subscribe to the podcast from there.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

A. the wonderful Revolution is likewise widely used by way of fact the chilly Revolution by way of fact no blood became shed for the period of the overthrowing of King James II (aside from a nosebleed he had). petrified of William and Mary's army, King James II fled to France and remained in exile there.