The British nation a history / by George MWrong . of Trent (1545-1563) by defining her doctrines, closed thedoor to compromise with Protestantism. There were other and variedactivities. For the first time, with the Portuguese Magellan (Magal-haens) as leader, mariners .sailed round the world. Though in Amer-ica Cortez and Pizarro founded for Spain a great empire, in Europethe decline of her vitality had begun when the Netherlands revoltedagainst the authority of Philip II, and ultimately became a is the age of such gi-eat artists as Raphael. Michael Angelo, andTitian. Copernicus, w
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . of Trent (1545-1563) by defining her doctrines, closed thedoor to compromise with Protestantism. There were other and variedactivities. For the first time, with the Portuguese Magellan (Magal-haens) as leader, mariners .sailed round the world. Though in Amer-ica Cortez and Pizarro founded for Spain a great empire, in Europethe decline of her vitality had begun when the Netherlands revoltedagainst the authority of Philip II, and ultimately became a is the age of such gi-eat artists as Raphael. Michael Angelo, andTitian. Copernicus, who died in 1543, taught for the first time atrue conception of the solar system; Erasmus, Ariosto, Rabelais,Camoens, Montaigne, Tasso, Cervantes, and Shakespeare, all world-famous in literature, wrote during this period. European commerce,too, felt the influence of freer movement, and wealth increased to anextent hardly dreamed of by the more isolated communities ofearlier times.] 266 THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY IN ENGLAND 267 Character ofHenry Henry VIII as a Young Man. Henry VII had done his work so well that HenryVIIIs position was very strong: with an undisputedtitle, he inherited wealth and despotic first he thought little o£ the cares of gov-ernment. He was handsome and energetic;few rode so well, or playedbetter tennis; tireless in thehunt, he often exhaustedeight or ten horses in a were more refined pleas-ures wanting. He delight-ed in music, was a patron ofart, a great reader, and anauthor who could write withvigour and skill. Divinitywas his favourite study: prob-ably in his realm there wasthroughout life no firmer be-liever in most of the doctrines of the Eoman Churchthan the king who overthrow the Popes authority inEngland. In June, 1509, Henry married Catherine of Aragon,the widow of his brother Arthur. He soon turned fromhis fathers policy, and, yielding to popularclamour, and already reckless of the lives ofmen by whose acts he profited, he all
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