young to rule alone. There was acouncil of nobles who did it for him. Unfortunately he died at the age of 16 There was a great problem with finding new king. His daughter Mary became a king. Called Bloody Mary. England had become protestant country. She started oersecuting protestants who were burnt alive. Was said that you could sense the smell of burning flesh all over England. Mary married with the king of Spain, but Mary couldn't get a child. She was afraid of her sister, that Elixabeth might murder her and come to the throne and that's why she sent her to the tower accusing her of treason. When Mary died Elizabeth come to the throne. The peak of English Renassance. She was the ideal of a beautiful woman. She was very well educated (many foreign languages, Latin). She made peace with Spain and France, built a big fleet considered trade on important matters, in her rule special companies were established to exploit trading possibilities with scandinavia and the far East