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Tudors Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| monarchy | A system of government that has a king or queen at its head. |
| dynasty | A family of rulers who rule over a country for a long time. |
| successor | A person who inherits the throne after the death of the previous king or queen. |
| Catholic | The oldest and largest branch of Christianity ruled over by the Pope in Rome. |
| Protestant | The second largest branch Christianity that became separate from the Catholic church in the 16th century. Protestants don’t have the Pope as their leader. |
| Reformation | An attempt in the 16th century to change the Catholic church that resulted in the creation of Protestant churches. |
| dispensation | Permission to ignore or break a rule under special circumstances. |
| monastery | A building were people lived, worshiped and devoted their time to God. People who lived in a monastery were called monks. |
| dissolution | A formal, legal ending of something. |
| armada | A large group of warships. |
| Tudors | A dynasty of kings and queens who ruled England between 1485 and 1603. |