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Prey saison 1

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ITV vient de diffuser Prey, une série “chasse à l’homme”.

Scénarisée par Chris Lunt, Prey est une série en seulement trois épisodes qui met en scène John Simm dans la peau du DS Marcus Farrow, un policier accusé à tort du meurtre de sa femme et de son fils.

Marcus va prendre la fuite, et cela va aboutir à jeu de chat et de souris dans la ville de Manchester, alors qu’il va tenter de retrouver son autre enfant et prouver son innocence.

Rosie Cavaliero, Craig Parkinson, Anastasia Hille et Adrian Edmondson font aussi partie du casting.

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The Tudors saisons 1, 2 et 3

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The Tudors est une série canado-américano-irlandaise mettant en scène le règne quelque peu tyrannique du roi d’Angleterre Henri VIII, au 16ième siècle. La série suit assez fidèlement l’histoire réelle mais se permet parfois quelques adaptations libres pour raisons scénaristiques, je suppose.

C’est pourquoi je vous conseille vivement (mais vous serez de toute façon tentés) d’aller ensuite lire le “spoiler” sur Wikipedia !

Je ne suis pas un passionné d’histoire (mes professeurs n’ont pas su me faire aimer la matière !?) mais j’avoue m’être pris au jeu (il faut dire qu’à la manière de la série Rome, les actrices sont assez convaincantes ;-)).

Vous aurez, par ailleurs, l’opportunité de faire un tour du coté de la cour de François 1er puisque, de temps en temps, l’histoire de France est liée à l’histoire d’Angleterre, et d’apprécier d’autres personnages tels que le pape Paul III lifté et botoxé !!! (personnage joué par Peter O’Toole).

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The Reformation in the British Isles

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  1. The Reformation in the British Isles
  2. English Expansionism
  3. The Glorious Revolution of 1688
  4. The American colonies : Religion and Politics
  5. USA: Birth of a Nation

The Anglo-American World is predominantly a Protestant and religious world: reformed Christianity largely influenced the culture and ideals.

But Protestantism is no British creation for it appeared in the 16th century in continental Europe.

A German monk called Martin Luther started a rebellion against the churches’ authority in 1517 and founded a new church: “the Lutheran or Evangelical Church”.

A Frenchman called Jean Calvin rose against authority and influenced indirectly the whole civilization of the English-speaking world.

For them, the only authority in the church should come from the Bible and not from priests, or else the interpretation is open to everybody: the Reformation started a real challenge against authority.

English and American Protestantism were defined by plurality: the Reformation had a tremendous influence on individual freedom and the development of an atmosphere of tolerance.

In Britain, churches after the Reformation organized themselves as official national churches: one particular protestant church became the established Church (rejection and exclusion).

In Ireland, the establishment was the natural elite: what was called the Ascendancy.

The Church of England

The Church of England was created by the top of British society in 1534 when Henry VIII decided to separate the English Church from the Church of Rome by his authority.

His creation took the simple name of the Anglican Church (English Church). The King had 3 main reasons for the creation of the Church of England:

1. Personal reason: The king wished to divorce his wife and the Pope refused. There was a problem of power for the King did not want to be ruled by the Pope.

2. Financial reason: England was small and poor before colonization and the King needed the Church’s wealth. Hence, the King accepted Luther’s theory about the abolition of monasteries and started the Reformation.

3. Political reason: Henry VIII wanted to be free of appointing the leaders of the church, i.e. the Bishops.

The Reformation was a declaration of independence for the rest of the world (especially for France and Italy).

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