Notes September 28

• Anne Boleyn was set to be executed, and when she was told this, the news did not faze her in the slightest. 
• Along with her execution, all of the men she had affairs with were also executed. 
• Jane Seymour, one of Henry's VIII wives, gave birth to Edward, but she perished during childbirth.  
• The Bible's reading was restricted to people who had a position in the Church. 
• The townspeople had grown used to the idea of receiving Bibles, and that God spoke in English. The Bibles were printed in Latin again, and civilians could not read it. 
• Parliament put forth laws that put to death any priest that got married. 
• Henry VIII made himself out to be an omnipotent being in head of the Church. 
• Henry's children had different views than each other and Henry.
• The future of the city would be in the hands of whoever became the true heir, and depending on which child was the next ruler, would transform into an unrecognizable place. 
• Edward was the heir apparent; Mary, the devout Catholic daughter was next in line; and Elizabeth, a Protestant, would become ruler if Mary died and Edward did not have any children.
• Edward became the heir after Henry VIII died. 
• Religious ceremonies were done away with, along with their relics, and they were not allowed to hold pilgrimages.    
• The changes inside of Churches were made to further connect the priest and his people. 
• Mary waited for Edward to die, and she could make England into what she wanted. 
• Mary wanted to return England to its Catholic roots. 
• Mary was wed to Philip II of Spain. 
• Under Mary's rule, people felt the need to read Bibles, and if they could not, they had to hire people so they could be educated about the important aspects of life. 
• Churches are repainted, Bibles are printed in Latin, and threatened under the penalty of death that people return to their original Catholic ways. 
• Mary died childless after all she had done to reform England. 
• Elizabeth claimed to be the healer of the nation, and she would be a median between the changes made by her siblings. 
• Others saw her as the restoration of a truly English throne. 
• Elizabeth was the great patron of Shakespeare