3. Story of England: Tudor Feuds, Explorers and Fanatics
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Henry VIII's Break With Rome
When James I of England took over the throne, he inherited a country with serious religious and political problems. Some people accepted Protestantism as a new way of life, others clung to Catholicism. extreme groups on both sides began to emerge. The battles that ensued are some of the bloodiest ever to have taken place on English soil. An age of civil wars had begun. You can probably hear the sound of the wind in the trees. It's actually not the royal oak. It's the son of the royal oak descended from that legendary oak tree which became the life-saving hiding place of King CharlesThe final clashes of the Civil War raged from 1642 to 1651. So now we
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