A biography of Henry Tudor, whose victory at Bosworth Field, marked the end of the Middle Ages. Born amidst the upheaval of the Wars of the Roses, King Henry spent his formative years in exile. His reign coincided with the High Renaissance of Michelangelo and Leonardo.
Elizabeth I and Her Courtiers
7 1/4"x9 7/8" 272 page softcover English history book. Publisher-Cardinal in 1974
1763 to the present time
Traces milestones in history from the Battle of Agincourt in 1415 which rekindled the Hundred Years War to the age of enlightenment ushered in by Erasmus in 1516.
Milestones of History III
Traces milestones in history from Martin Luther's ninety-five theses printed in 1517 to the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 which consolidated Japanese power.
Elizabeth I was England's first really successful female monarch. She defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588, promoted religious tolerance, and united England and Scotland at her death in 1603. She was the daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn, and was known as the Virgin Queen and Gloriana. Her reign was known as a Golden Age. She used her sex as a strength not a weakness, and claimed she was married to England.
