HISTORY OF ENGLAND
 History 211:  Topic 8
The Tudors;  Edward, Mary and Elizabeth
 
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Identification Items
While reading Chapters 11-12 of your textbook, watch for the following items.  When you find the item in either chapter 11 or 12,  identify the object or person.  Some items are more important than others.  On your exam, you will need to identify and discuss the importance of the most important individuals or items. 
Jane Seymour, Edward Seymour (Lord Protector), Edward VI, Battle of Pinkie, Book of Common Prayer,  Robert Ket, John Dudley (Earl of Warwick), Sir Thomas Gresham, John Dudley, Lady Jane Grey,   "Bloody Mary", Reginald Pole, 

John Rogers, Smithfield fires, Marian Martyrs, Thomas Stafford, William Cecil, Mary Guise, John Knox, Mary Guise, Mary Queen of Scots, John Darnley, James VI of Scotland, Roberto Ridolfi, "Puritan", Brownists, Moscovy Company, Martin Frobissher, joint-stock company, East India Company, John Hawkins, Francis Drake, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Walter Raleigh, Roanoke Island,  Philip II, Duke of Parma, Peter Wentworth,  Poor Law of 1598, Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, Edmund Spenser, William Byrd, Richard Hakluyt,  Robert Devereux, Robert Cecil

Topics for Study
The following essay questions should be guides for your reading of Chapters 11-12. The topics may suggest an idea for a research paper that would  increase your knowledge of the topic. The following essay questions will be included on the Second Exam.  You will write two essays on the first exam.  You will choose your exam essays.  
1.  Discuss and contrast the religious policies off Edward VI and Mary Tudor.

2. Elizabeth I was one of England's most famous monarchs.  Discuss her method of ruling and her foreign policy.  Was she a successful ruler/  Why or why not?
3.  Explain the growth of Tudor absolutism from Henry VII to the death of Elizabeth I.
4.  Define the term "English Renaissance" and comment on the contribution of several of its outstanding representatives.
5.  Describe in detail the course of the Protestant Reformation in England.

Reading Assignment

Clayton Roberts, David Roberts, Douglas R. Bisson,  Chapters  11-12 
 

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