English Renaissance 1485-1625 (The Elizabethan Age)

Golden period in English history → flourishing of literature, poetry and theatre

1485 Henry VII

·        The War of the Roses (1455-1485):

o   Civil war between the House of the York (white rose) and of the Lancaster (red rose)

o   Accession to the throne by Henry VII of Tudor

1509-1547 Henry VIII

·       Six marriages

·       Children: Mary Tudor (with Catherine of Aragon), Elizabeth I (with Anne Boleyn), Edward VII (with Jane Seymour)

1547-1553 Edward VI

1553-1558 Mary I

·         Mary Tudor married Philip II king of Spain. She suppressed the protestants (300 were burn → Bloody Mary).

1558-1603 Elizabeth I (no heirs)

·         In 1588 England defeated the Spanish Armada sent by Philip II (cousin of Elizabeth) → rise of English navy

1603-1625 James I (James IV of Scotland)

·         Son of Mary Stuart, queen of Scots (Elizabeth I's cousin, she was imprisoned and executed for plotting to murder Elizabeth)