Concetti Chiave
- Henry VII established the Tudor dynasty and strengthened the monarchy, treating the administration like a business.
- His foreign policy focused on enhancing England's trading position and he laid the foundation for English naval power.
- Henry VIII, succeeding his father, initiated the Reformation, breaking away from the Catholic Church due to a conflict with the Pope.
- His desire to marry Anne Boleyn led to the creation of the Church of England, with Henry declaring himself its Supreme Head.
- Henry VIII's tumultuous personal life included multiple marriages and the execution of Anne Boleyn.
Henry VIII succeeded his father, Henry VII. He made the reformation, the religious revolution arouse between Hanry VIII and the Pope. Hanry had been married by special dispensation to Catherine of Aragone, his sister-in-law, who some years later had given him a daughter, Mary I, but now, she can't bear him a son. Also he had fallen in love with Anne Boleyn, a lady in waiting, and he asked the Pope for a divorce, to marry her. When the Pope not declare his first marriage invalid, Henry broke with Rome and declared himself "Supreme Head of the Church" in England. In 1536 Anne Boleyn who had given him a daughter, Elizabeth, was executed and the king re-married four more time.
