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    Charles V 

    (reigned 1519–56) Francis I (1515–47)

     He spent much of his reign trying to  A Renaissance patron of the arts and
    reform the Roman Catholic scholarship
    Church and fighting the two greatest  A humanist, and a knightly king
    threats to its power: Islam and  He waged campaigns in Italy (1515–
    Protestantism. 16) and fought a series of wars with
     King of Spain before becoming the the Holy Roman Empire (1521–44).
    Holy Roman Emperor.  Francis I is partly credited for
     He was able to grow his Empire and beginning the French Renaissance
    make Catholicism the main religion\

    King Henry VIII : 1509-1547


    Elizabeth I 1558-1603  To allow him to be divorced from his
    1st wife, Catherine of Aragon, he
     Elizabeth I Elizabeth unified a broke from Rome and became
    Protestant England against the Catholic "Supreme Head" of the English
    Spanish and defeated the Spanish Church & sanctioned the dissolution
    armada in 1588. of monasteries by the Crown, selling
     She was responsible for English the lands to the gentry.
    exploration of the New World and the  Henry brought a zeal to government. 
    flourishing of the economy, making  Medicinal improvements
    England a world power.  He established the ‘Council for
     During the long reign (1558–1603) of Marine Causes’
    Elizabeth I, England emerged as a
    world power and her presence helped
    unify the country against foreign
    enemies.
     Her reign is often defined in terms of
    her skillful diplomacy, her action on
    religious matters, and the defeat of the
    Spanish Armada
     Her reign also saw a brilliant
    flourishing in the arts.

    Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) Thomas More (1478-1535)


     More was an English statesman who
     Machiavelli was an Italian writer, wrote an ideal political system, Utopia.
    historian, diplomat and humanist.  He was considered a social philosopher
     Moving in political circles, he created and Renaissance humanist.
    a new branch of political science  He was executed for refusing to accept
    Henry VIII as head of the Church of
    based on humanist principles.
    England.
     His greatest work, The Prince is an
    expose of political machinations.
    Clement IX (1667-1669) Louis XIV 1643-1715
    Charles VIII 1483-98 Charles I 1625-49
     1494, invades Naples but although  His desire to break the Scottish
    forced back out by Spain, pope & Presbyterians by forcing them to use
    HRE his prayer book in 1638 resulted in
     Disseminated Italian culture him losing land in wars with Scottish.
    throughout Europe To get money to regain these lands he
    had to re-instate Parliament on their
    terms.
     Charles forced by Parliament to betray
    his friend Stafford to had supported
    the Irish Catholics. Stafford was
    beheaded. Irish Catholics fearing they
    would be left undefended, took a pre-
    emptive strike and massacred
    Protestants in Ireland.
     Charles was made to look a
    blundering despot.
     The British civil wars erupted.
     Penn eventually making an alliance
    between the Parliamentarians & the
    Scottish to fight the Royalists.
     Charles refused to give up being a
    constitutional king, resulting in
    Cromwell starting a 2nd civil war in
    1648 to remove Charles who was tried
    & beheaded

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