The Tudors

1509 to 1603, how far was religion the most important factor in causing rebellions against the Tudors? Tudor rebellions broke out due to dynastic, religious, political and socioeconomic factors, these factors led to a series rebellions breaking out in the years 1506 to 1603. In the years 1506 to 1536 as there were no rebellions due to the stability of the country. This was due to the fact that Henry Tudor defeated Richard III at the battle of Bosworth which brought an end to the Wars of the…

were considered property. To set an empowering example, Queen Elizabeth I rose from her family’s past detrimental marriages and “married” England instead of a husband to avoid repeating the same mistakes of her predecessors King Henry VIII and Mary Tudor. At first, the young princess…

at the battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. When after the House of York and the House of Lancaster were all weary from battling in the hot fields, a third party arose. Henry Tudor, a Welsh prince, stepped in to fight King Richard III because of a blood debt to Henry VI. Eventually the House of York forfeight the fight. Henry Tudor then obtained control of both the house of York and Lancaster, the white and red roses, and united them by taking the princess of York as his bride. This was an…

Thomas More an internationally famous author, vigorous polemicist, an influential statesman and a catholic martyr. A man of many talents to say the least, was born on February 7th, 1478 in London, England. Throughout More’s life he accomplished many things including becoming a well-respected lawyer, appointed as Cardinal Wolsey as Lord Chancellor, being a part of the trade embassy, becoming speaker of the house in 1523, being a part of the court of Henry VIII are some of his most famous…

In England during the 1500s, there had been only male monarchs and the females were only given the title of being Queen through marriage. However, in 1135 when Henry I had died, a female had the first chance to become Queen. Matilda, the daughter of King Henry I was going to be Queen of England, “not in the conventional sense of a king’s wife, but in the unprecedented form of a female king” (Castor, 2010). However, Matilda lost the crown of England to King Henry I’s nephew Stephen because he was…

Thomas More's Utopia and Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince are two extremely distinctive and contrasting products created during the Renaissance. Both the works produced by More and Machiavelli concern themselves with the fundamental issues of how society maintains itself and continues to work regardless of what occurs. The two contrasting scholars may both focus on society but yet both authors created works with exceedingly distinctive purposes behind the products. More's Utopia can be seen as a…

Even within the group of non-stuttering children who were told repeatedly and with a condescending attitude that they were beginning to stutter. Mary Tudor would write in her thesis, “All of the children in this group showed overt behavioral changes that were in the direction of the types of inhibitive, sensitive, embarrassed reactions shown by many adult stutterers in reaction to their speech. There…

Considering the relationship between the evolving concept and power and the English monarch and the tensions of royal succession experienced in the Medieval to Early Modern period in England, as the concepts of power of the English Monarch changed over time, so did the underlying issues of succession. These simultaneous changes in the way monarchs viewed their roles and their responsibilities, the question of was it the concerns of royal succession that redefined the concepts of royal power and…

The war of the roses was a civil war in England that started in 1455 and wanted control of the throne of England with the House of Lancaster, and the House of York. The war was a power struggle due to Henry VI poor leadership and volubility of another noble taking Henry VI place. Major causes of the conflict were that both houses were direct descendents of king Edward III arguing about who should be king, Henry VI mental illness ,and how Henry VI had let the nobles have their own powerful…

to my life, the arts, and the world around me. I need to have courage when trying new and challenging things that scare me. Jonas from The Giver needed courage when he decided to rebel against the government to help all the people. Likewise, Mary Tudor had courage when she became the first ruling queen and brought catholicism back to England. Overall, everyone should try their absolute best to have courage because it is a necessity to all human beings who strive to have an exceptional future and…