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Hace 2 días · As two of the most prominent female rulers of the 16th century, Elizabeth and Mary faced unique challenges and opportunities. They navigated the treacherous waters of European politics, sought to balance the demands of their faith with the needs of their subjects, and asserted their authority in a world that was often hostile to female power.
Hace 2 días · The only precedent for a joint monarchy in England dated from the 16th century, when Queen Mary I married Philip of Spain. Philip remained king only during his wife's lifetime, and restrictions were placed on his power.
Hace 3 días · Mary of Guise 1515–1560 Queen of Scotland: Margaret Douglas Countess of Lennox 1515–1578: Matthew Stewart 1516–1571 4th Earl of Lennox: Queen Mary I 1516–1558 r. 1553–1558 Queen of England: Philip II 1527–1598 King of Spain r. 1553–1558 Jure uxoris: Henry FitzRoy 1519–1536 Duke of Richmond and Somerset: Queen ...
Hace 3 días · Caroline period (1625–1649) 1649–1688. 1700–1950. v. t. e. The English Reformation took place in 16th-century England when the Church of England was forced by its monarchs and elites to break away from the authority of the pope and the Catholic Church.
Hace 3 días · THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. The 16th century, which was troubled by many serious dissensions between town and gown, opened with a composition between the two parties, made by three arbitrators under the auspices of Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby, the mother of King Henry VII (1503). This award regulated the status of those persons who were ...
Hace 3 días · Redworth's study offers the fullest account of the Spanish Match – the ill-fated effort to marry the future Charles I to the Infanta Maria of Spain – since Gardiner. It draws upon Spanish sources unavailable to that great Victorian scholar, while advancing a bold thesis certain to provoke controversy.
Hace 5 días · English Benedictine Nuns in Exile in the Seventeenth Century builds upon the prosopographical data of the project, which includes an online database containing over 4,000 English women who chose exile in a Continental convent between 1600–1800.
