Hey friends, welcome to the Renaissance English History podcast.

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And then what I've started doing is weekly highlight reels of some of the videos that have

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listening. And you can also, like I said, go over and join me on YouTube history and coffee

and search for Heather. And there I am. So let's get right into it. Today is a little bit of a shorter

video, but we're going to talk about five key moments that changed Tudor England forever. So of course

the Tudors are masters of drama, of intrigue, of jaw-dropping events. and these are five moments that are no exception to that.

I'm so moment number one, the Battle of Bosworth.

This is the event where it all began, the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, the dramatic clash,

where Henry Tudor defeated Richard III and claimed the English throne

by combat. The last time a throne was claimed by combat. It wasn't just a battle. It was a total

game changer. Richard III was the last Plantagenet King. They had ruled for over 300 years.

When he fell on the battlefield, it marked the end of the Wars of the Roses. Of course, we know that. For the Tudors, they didn't know that. Some people actually put the end of the Wars of the Roses at the Battle of Stoke a little bit later, which was one of those rebellions against Henry the 7th. But for all intents and purposes, it was the Battle of Bosworth.

Henry Tudor was crowned Henry the 7th. The Tudor dynasty begins a dynasty that would define this period of English history.

And fun fact, Richard's body wasn't recovered until 2012. It was buried under a parking lot in Leicester. And what I think is

really funny is the craziest part of it. It was buried under a reserved parking spot. So it's

actually marked with an R over it because it was reserved. So there you go. That was a plot twist.

Moment number two. The Act of supremacy in 1534. Fast forward almost 50 years to 1534 and one of the boldest moves in Tudor history,

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