A History of the British Isles, 1500-1689

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A History of England, 1500-1688 (The Birth of

the Church of England -- Elizabethan England --

The Glorious Revolution)

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Plan of Lecture:

1. Introduction

2. The Birth of the Church of England: King Henry VIII and the

Rift with Rome

3. Continuity or Division?: Mary and Elizabeth

4. Elizabeth I/Shakespeares England

a. The triumph of Anglicanism/Protestantism

b. Culture under Elizabeth: Shakespeares England

5. The Glorious Revolution 1688 (and the many steps that lead

there)a. A Kingdom Divided: the English Civil War(s) and the

Interregnum (1642-1660)

b. The Triumph of Toleration? The Glorious Revolution

(1688)

6. Conclusions: Is England different from Europe?

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A Useful List of English

MonarchsHenry VIII 1509 - 1547

Edward VI 1547 - 1553

Mary I 1553 - 1558

Elizabeth I 1558 - 1603

James I 1603 - 1625

Charles I 1625 - 1649

Commonwealth/Interregnum 1649 - 1660

Charles II 1649 - 1685

James II 1685 - 1688

William and Mary 1689 - 1694 (1702)

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Henry VIII (r.

1509-1547): Defenderof the Faith or

Calculating Politician?

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A defender of Catholicism in England:

Thomas More (1478-1535)

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Breaking up with Rome: Catherine of

Aragon cast aside for Anne Boleyn

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Edward VI (r. 1547-1553); thedefacement of churches under his

rule

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Mary I (r. 1553-1558) &the return to Catholicism

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The Virgin (and moderate?) Queen

Elizabeth (r. 1558-1603)

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Achievements of Elizabethan

England: Sir Francis Drake and his

Circumnavigation of the World

Sir Francis Drake Circumnavigation Map (1577-1580)

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Elizabethan England: the thriving of

the arts

Cover of First Folio, Shakespeare (1623)

Rehearsal at The Swan Theatre (1596)

Christopher Marlowe (1585)

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Charles I (r. 1625-49)

Th Fi t E li h Ci il W (1642 46) T it i l

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The First English Civil War (1642-46): Territorial

losses of Royalists (1642-45); Charles Is defeat at

the Battle of Naseby (1645); Charles I beheaded

1649

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The Interregnum (1649-60): The Foundation

of the Puritan Republic, headed by Oliver

Cromwell

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Restoration (1660) and Charles II

(r. 1649-1685)

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The Great Crises of the

1660s: The return of the

Plague (1665) and the Great

Fire of London (1666)

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Catholicisms return?: James II (r.

1685-88)

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Bloodless/Glorious

Revolution

William of Orange married to Mary(elder, Protestant daughter of James II)

William staged invasion of England andwas welcomed by Parliament and

people

James II was deposed and forced toflee to France

invitation to rule issued to William andMary as co-regents by Parliament

(1689)