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prepared by:
Alina Rybalchenko
Ekaterina
Rodicheva
Kristina Bukina

TUDOR AGE
 HOW THE TUDOR DYNASTY SHAPED
MODERN BRITAIN?
1502-1503 1512 1571
1545 1553
1485 1509 1534-1539 1547 1558

Henry VII seizes the throne

Peace treaty with Scotland
Henry VIII is crowned king
The Royal Mail is founded
Church of England is created
Mary Rose sinks but Royal Navy flourishes
England becomes Protestant under Edward VI
Mary I is crowned queen
Elizabeth I’s long reign begins
Royal Exchange sees trade flourish
 HOW THE TUDOR DYNASTY SHAPED
MODERN BRITAIN?
1585 1586-1587 1588 1601 1603

First English colony in America

Spymaster ensnares Mary, Queen of Scots

Defeat of Spanish Armada inspires England

Provisions for the poor

End of the Tudor dynasty

BUILDING THE HOUSE OF TUDOR
 The Tudor era saw unprecedented upheaval
in England. Between them the five Tudor
kings and queens introduced huge changes
that are still with us today.
unprecedented upheaval -
беспрецедентный
переворот
 The years between the crowning
of Henry VII in 1485 and the
death of Elizabeth I in 1603 saw
the old religious order swept
away, the establishment of the
American colonies, the
Henry VII
foundation of the Royal Navy
and the power of Europe
challenged.

Elizabeth I
 1485
HENRY VII SEIZES THE THRONE

 Henry Tudor is crowned King of

England on the battlefield at
Bosworth after his army defeats and
kills Richard III.

Henry VII

Richard III Battlefield – поле

битвы
 Henry VII presents  His reign brings 85
himself as the unifier of years of civil war to
the warring Lancaster and an end. He marries
York dynasties – Elizabeth,
symbolised by his daughter of the
adoption of the red and Yorkist king
white Tudor Rose. Edward IV.
 Within a year they
have a son, Arthur,
later followed by
another, Henry.

Unifier – объединитель
adoption – принятие
1502-1503
PEACE TREATY WITH SCOTLAND
 Henry wants to keep his kingdom
secure and creates several foreign
alliances to try to avoid wars.
 He arranges the  Although the peace
marriage of his 13- doesn't last, the couple's
year-old daughter great-grandson, James I
Margaret to James IV of England and VI of
to secure peace Scotland, will unite the
between England and crowns of Scotland and
Scotland. England 100 years later.

Margaret James I of England and VI of Scotland

1509
HENRY VIII IS CROWNED KING
 The 17-year-old
Henry succeeds to the
throne on the death
of his father, Henry
VII.
 His older brother
Arthur had died
seven years earlier.
Henry VIII
 The Pope gives a special  Three years later
dispensation for the Henry invades
young king to marry his France in pursuit of
late brother’s wife an ancient claim to
Catherine of Aragon. the throne.
 He is aided and
abetted by his
advisor Thomas
Wolsey, who he
appoints Lord
Chancellor in 1514.

Catherine of Aragon
Thomas Wolsey
1512
THE ROYAL MAIL IS FOUNDED
 Henry VIII orders the creation of the first
national postal service for royal mail.
 Called 'The King’s  This royal mail system
Posts', it was devised was opened to the
by Sir Brian Tuke and general public in 1635
commanded all towns by King Charles I - the
to have a fresh horse start of the postal
available for anyone system we use today.
carrying mail from the
Tudor Court

commanded -
предписывал
King Charles I
Sir Brian Tuke
1534-1539
CHURCH OF ENGLAND IS CREATED
 Henry requests an
annulment of his
marriage with Catherine
from the Pope in order to
marry Anne Boleyn. The
request is refused.

Request – просить Anne Boleyn

Annulment – аннулирование
 In response, Henry breaks from the authority
of the Pope and is declared head of the English
Church by Parliament.
 To cancel out the power of the Catholic church
in England, he dissolves over 800
monasteries and transfers their wealth and
lands transferred to the crown.

 Years of discord
between
Protestants and
Catholics follow.

Dissolve –
распускать
1545
MARY ROSE SINKS BUT ROYAL NAVY
FLOURISHES
 Henry VIII is keen to build up
his fledgling navy from the 15
ships he inherits.
 By 1540 the navy has 45.

Henry VIII

fledgling navy – молодой

флот
Inherits – наследовать
 He also builds the first naval dock at Portsmouth
and establishes the Navy Board to run the service.
 Many of the ships, like  In 1545, the Mary Rose
Henry's flagship the sinks while leading an
Mary Rose, are fitted attack against a French
with the latest guns. invasion fleet.
 Henry's ships can now
now stand up against
those of the French and
Spanish navies.

naval dock – морской док

Flagship – флагман
fleet – флот
the Mary Rose
1547
ENGLAND BECOMES
PROTESTANT UNDER
EDWARD VI

 Henry dies and his son Edward

Edward, aged nine,

becomes king.
 Edward's uncle Edward
Seymour seizes power by
establishing himself as
protector.
Edward Seymour
 In order to make England a
truly Protestant state, the
Book of Common Prayer
is introduced and religious
imagery in churches is
destroyed.
 Seymour is arrested and
later executed after he fails
to solve England's near
bankruptcy.
 The king dies aged fifteen,
never ruling in his own right.
the Book of Common
The cause of his death is not Prayer – книга общей
certain. молитвы
Bankruptcy – банкротство
1553
MARY I IS CROWNED QUEEN
 Edward's half-sister Mary takes
the throne, after a power
struggle with Edward's advisers
who want his cousin Lady Jane
Grey to be queen.

Mary I
 At first Mary I enjoys widespread
popular support.
 But many oppose her decision to
marry Catholic Phillip II of Spain
and reconcile with Rome.0
 She attempts to take England
back to Catholicism.
 During her reign nearly 300
Phillip II
Protestants are burned for refusing
to reconvert, earning her the
nickname 'Bloody Mary'.

Reconcile – помириться
Reconvert – повторное
1558
ELIZABETH I’S LONG REIGN BEGINS
 When Mary dies, her
Protestant half-
sister Elizabeth,
daughter of Anne
Boleyn, becomes
queen.

Elizabeth I
 Elizabeth returns England
to Protestantism, but she
does not enforce strict
religious conformity and
declares she does not want
to 'make windows into men's
souls'.
 Elizabeth chooses never to
marry as she wants England
free from the influence of Elizabeth I
foreign princes and the
dissent and infighting a
Conformity – конформизм
marriage to a fellow Declares – заявляет
countryman might bring. the dissent – несогласие
fellow Countryman –
соотечественником
1571
ROYAL EXCHANGE SEES TRADE
FLOURISH
 Sir Thomas
Gresham, known as
the father of English
banking, sets up
the Royal Exchange
– the first purpose- Sir Thomas Gresham
built centre for
trading stocks in
London.
purpose-built – специально
построены
 However stock brokers are not allowed inside
the building because of their rude manners,
instead they operate from nearby coffee houses.
 Gresham helps persuade Elizabeth I's parliament
to legalize money-lending, which allows the
Crown to raise loans from home rather than
abroad.
 Over time London takes over from Antwerp as
the financial capital of Europe.

stock brokers – биржевые

брокеры
money-lending – денежное
кредитование
Loans – кредиты
1585
FIRST ENGLISH COLONY IN
AMERICA
 England wants to
compete with Spain
and Portugal,
whose American
colonies generate
great wealth.
 Sir Walter Raleigh sets up a
colony of about 100 men on
the east coast of North
America, which he names
Virginia after Elizabeth I,
‘the Virgin Queen’.
 Although Raleigh's
settlement fails after a year
it marks the start of an Sir Walter Raleigh
effort by England to colonise
North America.
 The first successful
permanent settlement is
founded in 1607.
1586-1587
SPYMASTER ENSNARES MARY,
QUEEN OF SCOTS
 Queen Elizabeth I faces
numerous plots against
her and pays Sir
Francis Walsingham to
set up a European
network of spies across
Europe.
Sir Francis Walsingham
  Elizabeth's Catholic
cousin Mary, Queen of
 He establishes Scots is in exile in
England's first England and poses a
counter- threat to Elizabeth.
intelligence
network and a
London school that
teaches cipher
breaking and forgery.

Counter-intelligence
network –
контрразведческая сеть
Cipher – шифр Mary, Queen of Scots
in exile – в изгнании
Mary is put under house
arrest. Walsingham is
convinced she is plotting
against the queen and
implicates her in a plan
to depose Elizabeth.
Mary, Queen of Scots
 Mary is executed a year
later.

Implicates – вовлекает
Execute – казнить
1588
DEFEAT OF SPANISH ARMADA
INSPIRES ENGLAND
 Philip II of Spain
launches a great fleet
of ships, known as the
Spanish Armada, to
overthrow Elizabeth Elizabeth I

and restore
Catholicism to
England. Philip II

Overthrow - свержение
 The Armada of 130 ships
sails up the English
channel towards the
Spanish Netherlands to
pick up troops for the
invasion.
 However, they are
engaged by the Royal
Navy and driven to the
North Sea by strong
winds.

Troops – войска
 Only around half of
them make it back to
Spain.
 The English celebrate
their victory with a
medal inscribed with
the words 'God Blew
and they were
Scattered'.
Inscribed – надпись
'God Blew and they were Scattered‘
Бог подул и они рассеялись
1601
PROVISIONS FOR THE POOR
 The dissolution of
the monasteries under
Henry VIII leaves
many of the poorest
without a safety net.
 Poor laws are
introduced to help.
Henry VIII

The dissolution – роспуск

a safety net – страховочная сеть
 The Elizabethan Poor Law of 1601
requires each parish to provide for
the 'lame, impotent, old and
blind'.
 Overseers collect a regular
amount from parishioners
according to their ability to pay.
 Over time this evolved into a more
centralised system which is
replaced by the modern welfare
state in the 20th Century.

Lame – хромой
Impotent – бессильный
Parishioners – прихожан
welfare state – благосостояние
1603
END OF THE TUDOR DYNASTY
 Elizabeth I dies aged 69. The Virgin Queen
never married or had children.

Elizabeth I
 James VI of Scotland was
her closest royal relative
as they were both direct
descendants of Henry
VII. He is named King
James I on the day of
James VI
Elizabeth's death. One of
Britain's greatest and
most influential dynasties
finally reaches its
conclusion. Descendant – потомок
TUDORS IN LITERATURE
TUDORS IN MOVIES AND SERIES
 HOW THE TUDOR DYNASTY SHAPED
MODERN BRITAIN?
1502-1503 1512 1571
1545 1553
1485 1509 1534-1539 1547 1558

Henry VII seizes the throne

Peace treaty with Scotland
Henry VIII is crowned king
The Royal Mail is founded
Church of England is created
Mary Rose sinks but Royal Navy flourishes
England becomes Protestant under Edward VI
Mary I is crowned queen
Elizabeth I’s long reign begins
Royal Exchange sees trade flourish
 HOW THE TUDOR DYNASTY SHAPED
MODERN BRITAIN?
1585 1586-1587 1588 1601 1603

First English colony in America

Spymaster ensnares Mary, Queen of Scots

Defeat of Spanish Armada inspires England

Provisions for the poor

End of the Tudor dynasty

A. First English colony in America
B. End of the Tudor dynasty
C. Peace treaty with Scotland
D. Henry VII seizes the throne
E. The Royal Mail is founded
F. Mary I is crowned queen
G. Church of England is created
H. Mary Rose sinks but Royal Navy flourishes
 D C E G H F A B

A. First English colony in America

B. End of the Tudor dynasty
C. Peace treaty with Scotland
D. Henry VII seizes the throne
E. The Royal Mail is founded
F. Mary I is crowned queen
G. Church of England is created
H. Mary Rose sinks but Royal Navy flourishes