AGES ERA PERIOD
16TH CENTURY
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the growing authority of the Pope over domestic English affairs
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the expansion of England’s colonial possessions
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the rise in the power and confidence of the aristocracy
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the countering of feudal power structures by a stronger central authority
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Detailed explanation-1: -Henry VII of Lancastrian descent became king of England; five months later, he married Elizabeth of York, thus ending the Wars of the Roses and giving rise to the Tudor dynasty.
Detailed explanation-2: -divine right of kings, in European history, a political doctrine in defense of monarchical absolutism, which asserted that kings derived their authority from God and could not therefore be held accountable for their actions by any earthly authority such as a parliament.
Detailed explanation-3: -Persecution of Protestants under Mary I (1553–1558) Many people were exiled, and hundreds of dissenters were burned at the stake, earning her the nickname of “Bloody Mary".
Detailed explanation-4: -Protestantism, Christian religious movement that began in northern Europe in the early 16th century as a reaction to medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices.