The Tudor Dynasty of England

England's great advantage was its geographical detachment from mainland Europe, making it difficult to invade. The big change came in England during the reign of Henry VII's son who would reign as Henry VIII. He organised for England to become a Protestant nation so that he could legally divorce Catherine. This would cause bitter tension between England and the papacy, and also England and Spain. By the 1550s Lutheranism had gained so much popularity that the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V determined that individual states should decide whether they were Catholic or Lutheran.