Age of Absolutism 2: Tudor England, 1485-1603
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Henry the Eighth's Reformation
Under henry the eighth, you have this increasing long period stability and the sort of commercial expansion. You get larger and larger english fleets going to sea, other a ship building industry in ports like bristol and plymouth. And theyre creating a large commercial fishing fleet, ok? They take advantage of atlantic fisheries. Even in henry the seventh's reign, there had been english fishermen going almost to the americas. Also frequent voy ges and diplomatic missions to russia. This is something that started also in the middle ages, and then increased. England and russia become greater and greater trading partners.i england also a mediterranean tradein es.
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