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Tudor rulers

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Henry VII
Henry VIII
Edward VI
Mary Tudor
Elizabeth I
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Henry VII

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1485-1509

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Henry VIII

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1509-1548

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Edward VI

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1548-1553

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Mary Tudor

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1553-1558

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Elizabeth I

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1558-1603

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Two characteristics of the Tudor age

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A time of rigurous and inflexible royal dominion, with autocratic and authoritarian rulers
A time when England became a first rank European country

8
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1492

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Colombus discovers America

9
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1517

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Erasmus promotes the development of a humanistic culture
Thomas More writes Utopia
Martin Luther initiates the Reformation in Germany

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1533

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Henry VIII proclaims independance of the Catholic church

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1540

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Henry VIII orders the dissolution of monasteries

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1549

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The Anglican Church is consolidated by Edward VI -> Act of Uniformity

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1553

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Mary Tudor tries unsuccessfully to reestablish Catholicism in England

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1557

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Elizabeth I takes the Crown

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1588

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Defeat of the Spanish Armada

The Rise of the Modern Empire

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End of the 16th c

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Arrival of the Calvin’s followers

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1453

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Constantinople fell in the hands of the Turks, end of the Middle Age

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Rich families who offered protection and job to scholars

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Medici, Sforza, Gonzaga

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Humanism

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Movement that wanted to rediscover Classical Antiquity