Quadruple Monarchy (Chaos)

The Quadruple Monarchy, as it was commonly called, came into existence when in 1497, king died without heir, and his empire of - was inherited by his only daughter's husband, of -, and united with the latter.
== The ==
In 1510, the philosopher wrote a text "", propagating that the king should stand higher than the bishops in his lands. This basically meant a breakaway from the pope in . Since he had abandoned , many Christians had criticized him; and since more and more money from the Quadruple Monarchy's lands in and went into his coffers, the number of critics had grown even more.
The English nobles accepted the proposal after a few months, but Castille-Portugal was more reluctant to accept the king as head of church. The coalitions formed didn't ask for nationalities, classes, or even families. From 1511-17, the Iberian peninsula went through almost Civil War-like conditions. Finally, the king succeeded. The opponents of the king were rewarded with the property of his defeated enemies (including some church property), which helps him to succeed. He founded the "Occidental Christian church". In 1519, after a meeting of the cardinals of the Quadruple Monarchy, they accepted king Edward as supreme spiritual authority. The liturgy or anything else substantial wasn't changed. The Occidental Schism began. The church property in the Quadruple Monarchy went to the king as well, who used it to give it to his followers, thus further strengthening his authority. When the pope protested, the king declared in return that he wouldn't accept the authority of "the lackey of the French king".
During the 1520s, as a reaction to Edward's Caesaropapism, a new Christian movement spread through Great Britain - the "" who demanded that the state should completely stop interfering with the church, and again demanded the translation of the , which the church still declined.
== The ==
Both king and his uncle, the regent François (also Roman king ) felt threatened by the new superpower. When in 1522 came to the court and warned the king that the Quadruple Monarchy was about to conquer the rich lands of the Tenochca, the war was declared. 1523-47, the Quadruple Monarchy fought against , , and .
In the 1547, the Quadruple Monarchy had to cede to Aragon, and accept the independence of Scotland- under Alexander / in Europe, and of the Mexica and Inca people in Atlantis. Plus, they had to pay several tons of gold. This lead to the double revolt in 1549 in the (now) : Both the parliament in England and the Cortes in Castille forced the king to resign, and made his more popular son king, who would also start the to reconcile the church. Edward retreated into private life and died in 1554.
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