Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Henry VIII and Edward
VI's policies and
impact
- Foreign Policy
- Field of Cloth and Gold
- End of Henry's rule England was
diplomatically isolated and he made the
foreign Catholic threat worse
- Using war to gain land money and resources
- Wanted war with France to expand territory into Calais
- Both pursue France but both reigns end in
Peace Treaties.
- Edwards Treaty of Boulogne with France- France obtain
town in return for Edward getting subsidy
- Continuation of problems with Scotland
- Edward was pulling back slightly compared to Henry
who was more aggressive.
- England had
finance problems
after Henry so had
to pull back with
France
- Still issues with enclosure
- Power of Monarchy
- Power of monarchy expanded with Henry VIII
- Royal Supremacy act consolidates power
- War of Roses got rid of power of nobles so less nobles to deal with
- More taxes and land from taking land from church
- Henry VIII ruled on his own but Edward had
Northumberland behind him ruling for him
- Religion
- Henry was still quite Catholic and so were the majority of rural areas
- Reformation
- Dissolution of monasteries
- Break from Rome
- Considerable move towards Protestantism
- Dissolution of Monasteries
- Dissolution of Chantries authorised by Parliament
- Henry VIII's reformation was more balanced where
Edwards VI's was more anti-Catholic. More for
Protestantism for Edward
- Far more radical Protestant
compared to Henry VIII's more
Catholic Protestantism
- Government
- King in Parliament. Henry was involved in day-to-day government
- Government had more protestant advisors adding to legitamacy to the break from Rome
- Expansion of Tudor Government. Star Chamber
expanded on and Privy council expanded on to
become more of a modern state
- Both Henry and Edward's government had factionalism
- Edward had Dudley to get rid of Somerset just like
Henry had the Boleyn Faction to get rid of
Seymore