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![Sir Thomas More](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12102.jpg?v=1715923983)
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Sir Thomas More
Sir Thomas More (1478-1535 CE) was a lawyer, scholar, statesman, and Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE) who was executed in July 1535 CE for his refusal to endorse Henry's break of the Church in England from the Catholic...
![Henry Morgan](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14745.png?v=1671524707)
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Henry Morgan
Sir Henry Morgan (c. 1635-1688) was a Welsh privateer who operated in the Caribbean against the Spanish Empire and then became Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. Morgan was a charismatic and able military leader who masterminded devastating...
![Dissolution of the Monasteries](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12221.jpg?v=1697448664)
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Dissolution of the Monasteries
The Dissolution of the Monasteries was a policy introduced in 1536 CE by Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE) to close down and confiscate the lands and wealth of all monasteries in England and Wales. The plan was designed as a lucrative...
![Edward IV of England](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/11844.jpg?v=1663107482)
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Edward IV of England
Edward IV of England ruled as king from 1461 to 1470 CE and again from 1471 to 1483 CE. The Hundred Years' War (1337-1453 CE) had been lost by Edward's predecessor, Henry VI of England (1422-1461 CE & 1470-1471 CE), leaving Calais as the...
![Pilgrimage of Grace](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12193.png?v=1625643004)
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Pilgrimage of Grace
The Pilgrimage of Grace is the collective name for a series of rebellions in northern England, first in Lincolnshire and then in Yorkshire and elsewhere between October and December 1536 CE. Nobles, clergy, monks, and commoners united to...
![Eleanor of Aquitaine](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/10194.jpg?v=1724188331-1660718355)
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Eleanor of Aquitaine
Eleanor of Aquitaine (l. c. 1122-1204 CE) was one of the most impressive and powerful figures of the High Middle Ages (1000-1300 CE) – male or female – whose influence shaped the politics, art, medieval literature, and perception of women...
![William I of Scotland](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/13192.png?v=1626560103)
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William I of Scotland
William I of Scotland, also known as 'William the Lion' after his heraldic emblem, reigned from 1165 to 1214 CE. Succeeding his elder brother Malcolm IV of Scotland (r. 1153-1165 CE), William was faced with a shrinking kingdom, but he harboured...
![Parson's Cause](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/18300.jpg?v=1717378749-1704786635)
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Parson's Cause
The Parson's Cause was a legal and political controversy that arose in the British colony of Virginia in the early 1760s. In response to the royal veto of the Two Penny Act, a policy passed by Virginia's House of Burgesses, a young lawyer...
![Henry IV of England, National Portrait Gallery](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/11723.jpg?v=1661968150)
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Henry IV of England, National Portrait Gallery
Henry IV of England (r. 1399-1413 CE). Made by an unknown artist c. 1597-1618 CE. 580 mm x 445 mm (22 7/8 in x 17 1/2 in).
(National Portrait Gallery)
![Henry IV of France](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/15797.png?v=1724885286)
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Henry IV of France
A c. 1600 portrait of Henry IV of France. (r. 1589-1610). Painted by Frans Pourbus the Younger.