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English Reformation (Pages 204-211)
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Henry VII
Definition
The first Tudor King of England
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Henry VIII
Definition
Earned the title "Defender of the Faith"
Later turned away from Romanism because of his personal life
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Catherine of Aragon
Definition
Henry VIII's wife that only bore him a daughter named Mary
Henry VIII divorced her
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Anne Boleyn
Definition
Bore Henry VIII a daughter named Elizabeth
Executed on charges of adultery
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Recognized Henry as "the supreme head of the English Church"
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Act of Supremacy of 1534
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Jane Seymour
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Henry VIII's third wife
Died while giving birth to Edward VI
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Edward VI
Definition
Henry's only son that came to the throne at nine years old
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Thomas Cranmer
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The Protestant archbishop of Canterbury
Led England toward more reform with Nicholas Ridley and Hugh Latimer
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Book of Common Prayer
Definition
Made up of prayers to be said or even sung
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Mary Tudor
Definition
Catherine of Aragon's daughter
Earned the title "Bloody Mary" because of her attempts to force Romanism
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Book of Martyrs
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Written by John Foxe during the time of Bloody Mary
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Philip II
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Married Mary Tudor and proposed to start a new Romanist dynasty
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Lady Jane Grey
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Was proclaimed queen after Edward VI's death
Was tried in the Tower of London and beheaded for refusing to abandon Protestantism and join Romanism
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Elizabeth I
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Anne Boleyn's daughter
Nicknamed "Good Queen Bess"
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Elizabethan Settlement
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A series of laws which officially established many Protestant and practices
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Anglican Church
Definition
the church of England
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Puritans
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Wanted to purify the church of England from within
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Separatists
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Sought to be separate from the official church altogether
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Mary Stuart
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The "Queen of Scots"
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Mary of Guise
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Mary Stuart's mother
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Scottish Reformation
Definition
opened violently with the execution of preachers who urged reform
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John Knox
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The outstanding leader of the Scottish Reformation
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Scottish Presbyterian Church
Definition
the independent Church of Scotland set up by the Scottish Parliament
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James VI
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Mary Stuart's infant son who reigned after she was forced to abdicate
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Sir John Hawkins
Definition
Designed English ships to defeat the Spanish
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Sir Francis Drake
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A skillful English sea captain that attacked Spanish ships
The first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe
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Invincible Armada
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Philip's fleet of ships
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The date of the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English
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1588
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Elizabethan Age
Definition
Characterized by radiant culture, politics, and poetry
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William Shakespeare
Definition
perhaps the greatest writer of all time
Lived during the Elizabethan Age
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The Faerie Queene
Definition
A poem by Edmund Spenser dedicated to Elizabeth
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