The Tudors part 1.
I've now started to study a bit on the British history. I will start with the Tudors, I don't want to go any farther than the 15th Century, that's way too far back in the history for me.
So, the Tudors. A bit of short fact first : The Tudors, also known as The Glourious Period. It's in the 15th Century, the years 1485-1603.
The first tudorian king started his reign at 1485, and it was King Henry VII. He is not as famous as his son, but Henry the seventh was very important to the monarchy in Britain. He saved a lot of money, he had the same ideas and opinions as merchants and farmers. He believed war and glory was bad for business and that business was good for the state.
Henry VII made an important agreement one year after his victory at Bosworth in 1485. This agreement dealt with tradeing with the Netherlands, which allowed England to grow again. Henry was very fortunate and became the wealthiest of kings in English history. Henry VII died in 1509.
His son Henry VIII made the English Church truly English. He closed down 560 monasteries between 1536-1539. Leaving many monks and nuns as wanderings beggars on the street. But this was acctually a very important dissolution for the British. Henry VIII wanted to be famous among the arising classes of landowners and merchants, so he either gave away the old land or sold it very cheap. This lead to a big breakthruough for farmers, they made their fortune thanks to the stone from the monasterier and they could start sewing a lot on the land as well. In 1552 a new prayer book was introduced, just to make sure that all churches followed the new Protestant religion.
Henry VIII
But England continued being Protestant, even though the popular religion at that time was Catholic. This was thanks to many Acts of Parliament between 1532-1536. When Henry VII was lying on his deathbed he told his son to keep England Protestant, he very much did so.
Henry VIII was married six times, he wanted a male descend to the throne, which he didn't get until very late. He had a son, Edward VI in 1537. Henry VIII died in 1547. Edward VI didn't live for a very long time, he died at 16 years' of age. Edward VI was only a child when he became a king. So the country was at first ruled by a council which was created by the Tudors.
Mary, the Catholic daughter of Catherine Of Aragron, became queen in 1553. Mary died in 1558, her half-sister Elizabeth took over the throne. 
Catherine of Aragorn
This is the end of part one. Enjoy!
