WWWWWH: King Henry VIII

WHO: King Henry VIII was born in Greenwich on June 28 1491. He was the second son of Henry
VII and Elizabeth of York, with his older brother Prince Arthur. Prince Arthur was originally heir to the throne of England, until he died in 1502, and then Henry became heir to the throne, making him king. Henry was athletic and highly intelligent. He loved hunting and was very religious. He loved, not only writing music, but also books. He became a best selling author, (went through some 20 editions), for his book bashing Martin Luther and supporting the Roman Catholic Church. In 1521 he was given the name, "the Defender of the Faith" by the Pope. Henry's first wife was his brothers widowed wife, Catherine of Aragon. That ended quickly when Henry fell in love with Anne Boleyn, the sister of a mistress. He married her as his second wife, and after she produced a daughter he had her executed on the accounts of treason, which was most certainly false. After Anne died, Henry married Jane Seymour who FINALLY bore a son, but she died during childbirth. He went on to marry Anne Of Cleves, who didn't bear any children. After her came, Katherine Howard, and Catherine Parr, neither produced children.

WHAT: King Henry VIII mounted the biggest invasion of France since King Henry V. The Mary Rose was built as a gunship in 1509-1511. King Henry was known as the Father of the Navy. He made the Church of England in 1534. He added imperial concepts of kingship to existing Feudal concepts.

WHERE: He lived in England.

WHEN: He lived in 1491 - 1547

WHY: He was king.

HOW: He is mostly famous because of his six wives and what he did to them. 

Vocabulary terms for The Reneassaince

PART 1

Florence - Florence, Italy, the capital city of the Italian region.

Secular - any movement in society directed away from otherworldliness to life on earth.

da Vinci - the italian renaissance polymath.

Machiavelli - an italian politician, historian, diplomat, philospisher, humanist and writer.

PART 2

- Humanism - A collection of Greek and Roman teachings undertaken by scholars, writers and civic leaders. 

Dante - He was a major Poet in the middle ages.

Fresco - A specific version of murial artwork. 

Titian - He was the most important painter.

PART 3

- Martin Luther - He was a German Monk, a Catholic Priest, professor of theology, and a seminal figure of a reform movement for Christianity.

- Desiderius Erasmus - He was the most famous and the most influential humanist of the Northern Renaissance, he was a man of amazingness, and industrialism. He was a Renaissance Philosopher.

- Salvation - The act of saving someone form sin or evil, something that saves someone or something from danger or a difficult situation.

PART 4

- King Henry VIII - Henry was the King of England until 1509 when he died, beside his six marriages, Henry was well known in his work separating the Church of England, and the Roman Catholic Church.

- Anglicanism - It is a tradition within the Christianity comprising the Church of England,  and churches which are historically tied to it or have similar beliefs, worship practices and church structures.

- Anabaptist - Christians of the Radical Reformation, of the 16th Century.