They are famous for many things, including the Henry VIII and his six wives, the exploration of America and the plays of William Shakespeare. During the sixteenth century, England emerged from the medieval world. It was a time of great change, most notably it marked the end of the Catholic church in England.
Here's somethings one of them did.
Henry VII finally ended England’s most destructive civil war, the Wars of the Roses, and brought peace and stability (at the cost of a rapacious and corrupt secret state).
Henry VIII brought Wales into full union with England, ending its status as an occupied territory.
Surprisingly for someone often considered an absolute monarch, Henry VIII oversaw a big increase in the prestige and power of Parliament, especially the House of Commons. This was because he could get the Commons to side with him against more conservative elements and the old nobility, and needed a new source of authority, since he was rejecting the Pope’s and the Church’s.
Starting under Henry VIII, but mainly under Elizabeth, they oversaw the early stages of England’s rise as a naval power.
Henry VII’s dynastic policy led to the union of crowns between England and Scotland.
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