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· Devout Catholic
· Aggressive policy against Protestants: people were executed in the worst traditions of the inquisition
· Tried to restore Catholicism
Elizabeth I
· Restored father's moderate Protestantism
· Spoke many languages. Was well educated
· Encouraged and promoted trade and commercial development
· Encouraged piracy (Francis Drake) каперство
· Defeated Spain and its incredible Invincible Armada after Spain had attempted an invasion (1588)
· Passed "Poor law" (бедняцкий закон) establishing workhouses and putting an end of beggars
· Established Jamestown, first town in the New World (1587).
· Promoted education and art. Shakespeare's plays were written at that time.
Mary queen of Scots, Stuart
Was a great-granddaughter of Henry VII. She was supported by catholic population in Scotland.
Could have more claim to the throne than Elizabeth. Was executed by Elizabeth I for high treason (гос измена).
· William Shakespeare post and playwright = Christopher Marlowe (could be one person) - poet and translator.
· Edmund Spencer, English poet
· Francis Bacon founder of English materialism and applicator of pragmatic science.
House of Stuarts (XVII- early XVIII)
James VI of Scotland, I of England
Charles I
Oliver Cromwell and civil war- the commonwealth and the interregnum
Charles II
James II
William + Mary
Anne
George (Hanoverian dynasty)
The restoration of the monarchy
The glorious (славная) revolution
