Notes September 24

• The Rose of Tudor, the Unity Rose, was the combination of the House of York and the House of Lancaster. This was accomplished when King Henry VIII married a woman from the York family. 
• The Battle of Bosworth field was the turning point of England from Medieval to Renaissance. 
• Henry VIII wanted to get divorced but the Vatican refused. King Henry then  to broke off from the Church of England.

• Anne Boleyn returned from a trip, back to England in 1522. 
• She became a member of the Tudor court in her early twenties. 
• Thomas Wyatt was an unhappily married man, but he wanted to marry Anne. He could not divorce his wife, but he offered Anne to be his mistress. She refused. 
• Henry VIII's wife, Catherine of Aragon produced not a single boy heir. 
• Henry VIII saw Anne and the prospect of male heirs. 
• He could not divorce his father, as the Vatican refused to do the deed. 
• Anne gave Henry "On the Obedience of a Christian Man and how Christian Rulers Ought to Govern". Anne helped Henry to realize his own supremacy. 
• Henry had palaces made in his honor, no less than fifty throughout his reign. 
• Henry VIII became a Caesar. 
• Henry broke away from the Vatican. 
• Anne was crowned at Westminster Abbey.   
• Even though England had broken away from the Vatican, many aspects of religion remained the same. 
• In 1532, a law was made that the church had to adhere to Henry VIII's wishes. 
• Thomas Cranmer and Thomas Cromwell worked in unison with the king, and without them, the reformation would never have happened. 
• The three men knew that the Pope, if their rebellions would continue, would use excommunication as a weapon. 
• It became a crime to say anything rude about the rulers, and the people lived in fear.