To What Extent Was the Tudor Period a Time of Change in Religion and England's Relations With Other Countries?

... To What Extent Was the Tudor Period a Time of Change in Religion and England's Relations With Other Countries? The Tudor period is perhaps best known for its continuous religious unrest and colourful foreign affairs marked by five very different and individual monarchs in the space of.............years. The individual personalities of the Tudor monarchs is perhaps most evident in the attitudes they held towards other countries. Religious connotations were also heavily dependable upon the monarch's own beliefs. Each Tudor monarch brought about some form of individual change, either due to personal preference or due to external, influencing factors. However there are also lines of continuity. Henry V11 and his son Henry V111 both followed Catholic beliefs as did England. Henry V11 held good relations with the pope (with the influence from Archbishop Morton), and although he was not personally interested in theology, his status and security as a monarch was greatly increased.

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