The Renaissance

King Henry the eighth was a very self indulgient man. He believed that he should be able to rule in whatever way was possible, even if contradicting the word of God. He was so self trusting that he felt he had the right to change the word of God so that it may further suit his ruling time of England. This was his most outstanding feature of his rule, he created an entirely new church for his nation so that the Pope in Rome who was a puppet for Austria at the time had less political sway on his rule. This dramatic historical event was mostly spawned by Henry's unability to produce a male heir other than a few sons who died at young ages, the oldest being sixteen.
The reign of Henry the eighth was filled with turmoil and conflict in all ranks of soceity. He dispensed six wives before dying, non of which produced a male heir good enough to make it to reign as a true king. One of his sons was crowned when he was nine but his older sisters were ruling for him, and he died at a young age. His eldest sister Mary became known as "Bloody Mary" due to her persecution of protestants which involved public executions in the form of burning protestants alive. When she died her younger sister Elizabeth took over and reigned for forty five years. She gave further power to the church of England her farther had started.