Henry VIII 1529-1547

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A level History FlashCards sobre Henry VIII 1529-1547, criado por Louise Tribe em 03-01-2018.
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lack of progress 1529-1533 * lack of clear policy - indecisiveness * Thomas More 1529 (scholar), no direct * factions: Aragon, Boleyn, anti-Wolsey * reformation parliament, small laws, anti-clerical feeling (supplication for the beggars (corrupt and lazy) Fish 1529)
Henry's views 1530-31 1530: Collectanea Satis Copiosa (king as head) 1520-31: university opinions about Leviticus (bribed)
Pressure on Church * reformation parliament 1529 * Praemunire, £118,000 fine + pardon 1531 * demand 'sole protector': backtracked * embarrassing More 1531
Acts passed against Church before supremacy 1532: Act in Conditional Restraint of Annates (payments to Rome, not immed) 1532: Cromwell's supplication against the ordinaries (persuade jurisdiction not to do with King) 1532: submission of the Clergy (convocation restriction, cannon laws) - led to More resignation 1532: death of Warham = Cranmer (Pope hoped to mollify Henry)
Royal Supremacy chain of events * 1533 AB pregnant = urgency * had to push legislation through so heir wouldn't be questioned * 1533 Act in Restraint of Appeals to Stop CoA 1533: marriage annulled = H exocomm * Succession Act 1534: validity and invalidity of marriages, oath to Queen 1534: Act of Dispensations = payments to Rome * Act of Supremacy 1534: ing head of Chruch Treason Act 1534: could be executed if you say H isn't head of Church * economic consequences :)
key points on humanism and renaissance under Henry VIII * tombs of parents in comparison to Lady Chapel - visual culture * Colet and Wolsey on education * learning amongst elite = humanist * Hampton Court Palace * Tutors for Edward and Elizabeth
What were the causes of dissatisfaction with the Church? What exemplifies it? * Priests uneducated * Clerical abuses e.g. pluralism, non-res * Moral standards of monks and nuns * benefit of clergy: immune from trial * Lollards * Hunne Case 1515 * Wolsey commission, 30 monasteries * Henry conservative: ignored Fish supplication of the beggars
Why did the dissolutions of the monasteries take place? * start of economic exploitation * 'richest prince in Christendom' * decided that purgatory didn't exist * Valor Ecclesiasticus 1535 = worth * moral standards fell short * 800 in England
Details of the dissolutions of small monasteries * 1536 * Dens of Vice * sent to larger houses for correction * some houses owned by friends of Cromwell stayed! * Selling through Court of Augmentation
Dissolutions of larger monasteries * 1538-1540 (Waltham last) * Implicated with Pilgrimage of Grace * some pre-empted by selling off gold * 1538 'invited' to hand over property * Condemnation in face of opposition = limited
Impact of dissolutions of the monasteries * seen as cultural vandalism * increase in poverty? (more likely due to inflation) * clergy failed to obtain new employment * landowners gained power * crown finances used for war rather than planned grammar schools and cathedrals!
Legislation passed after the Royal Supremacy * 1536 10 Articles: 3 sacraments, 'faith alone', 'real presence of Christ', consubstantiation * 1537 Bishop's Book: 4 sacraments found, 'faith alone', 'body and blood', changed in 1543 King's Book * 1536+1538 Injunctions: attacked traditions and holy days, IMAGERY * English Bible = propaganda, common man access, Henry on front of 1539 version 1539 Six Articles: shows conservative influence, confirmed transubstantiation, clerical marriage, chastity (Cranmer)
Politics in the reformation * Pope was an outside interference resented by English nobles * heightened factionalism --> reformers in charge in 1547
What made England seem Catholic in 1547? * transubstantiation confirmed * bread and wine permitted * 7 sacraments * no marriage * need for 'good works' * statues remained but not allowed to worship them
What made England seem Protestant in 1547? * SERVICES AND BIBLE IN ENGLISH! * No pilgrimages or shrines * Less Holy Days * No monasteries * Henry upheld by heresy and treason
Importance of Henry in reformation * A Catholic: reluctance shown in 20s (Fish Supp of Beggars 1529) * opposed reform of religion * Financial motives for dissolutions * Return in 1540s * no reformation w/o him?
Importance of Cromwell in reformation * political operator * solved problems * Tudor revolution in govt. and passage of legislation * suppressed opposition * involved in Dissolutions (Valor Ecc) * Had reformist ideas
Importance of Boleyn in the reformation * political operator * pregnancy urgency * patron to reforming figures * Bishops appointed during her reign all reformers * persuaded H to accept English Bible * Adultery 1536
Importance of Cranmer in the reformation * credited for collectanea satis copiosa * couldn't be discredited * kopt beliefs to himself, yes man?
How was opposition to the supremacy supressed? * Treason Acts: high profile executions * Not a lot changed in Supremacy = no opposition * Oaths of loyalty * Cromwell exercised power to show identity of Church * No mercy: e.g. executions after Pilgrimage of Grace
Examples of opposition to Royal Supremacy * Holy Maid of Kent: had religious visions and denounced AB, created alarm = executed 1534, same day as Oath of Succession! * Fisher: Bishop refused oath of succession = executed 1535, martyr because respected Chruchman * More: Passive resistance and legally trained, never denied King's title but claimed his conscience was free = no oath to Supremacy, fabricated evidence by Sir Richard Rich, kept moral high ground even when executed * Carthusian Monks: executed and tortured but remained true to their faith, showed barbarity rarely seen in English history * CoA: Henry very threatened by her even though she did not promote any kind of war on the continent, stripped and stopped from seeing Mary. Shows how scared HVIII was
Rebellions against Henry VIII briefly * Lincolnshire 1536: local grievances e.g. rights + hatred against London centric gov, dispersed when heard army coming * Pilgirmage of Grace 1536: Aske, had religious connotations, Pontefract Articles for restoration and rid of evil councillors Cumbrian Uprising 1537: easily squashed after Grace, martial law declared * White Rose Connection * Excommunication 1538 and threat of European invasion (Catholic Crusade)
Pilgrimage of Grace key points * Robert Aske + 30,000 people * Five Wounds of Christ = standard * Pontefract Articles: restoration and rid of evil councillors * Supported by local nobility (Darcy) * Failed because wanted to negotiate! Henry instructed Norfolk to accept any demands to play for time. Cumbrian uprising was the resurface which was easily squashed
Arguments for the Tudor Revolution in government * Medieval to modern: self sufficient depts. * household finances to bureaucratic: Exchequer more influence, chamber less * Privy council: elite group of 20 * Parliamentary statute utilised: amount of leg in Henry's reign more than 250yrs * Cromwell tried to increase power in regions (Wales rep for first time 1536)
Arguments against the Tudor Revolution in government * Eltham Ordinances also bureaucratised council in 1526 * Cromwell limited in extending royal authority * Privy Council = emergency response to PoG? * Parliament didn't change in character - Loach
Henry's government in his final years * 'own chief minister' or manipulated by factions? * Denny and Paget limited com with King + had dry stamp * Last will and testament in 1546, details of regency council added after? * tyrannical bully, reign of terror
Details of Henry's succession * Edward, Mary, Elizabeth, Frances Grey (niece) * excluded MQoS * Will replaced succession acts of 1534 and 1536 * Regency council of 16 balanced members
Marriage to Catherine Howard * Niece of Duke of Norfolk: bringing conservatism * married 20 days after Cleves * 19 years old, caught in infidelity scandal, possibly a political rumour started by the reforming faction
Attacks on Cranmer * 1543 * Accused of being a secret protestant * Cranmer investigated the charges himself * Conservatives made a mistake trying to attack the King's closest advisor
Marriage to Catherine Parr * 1543 to bring comfort * religious accusations for being more reformist than law allowed * Wriothesley put forward case and was accepted by King * Catherine promised her innocence and King accepted but didn't notify guards who came for Catherine in the morning!
Surrey and Norfolk affair * Norfolk had survived execution of nieces AB and KH * Said his son had just as much right to be heir to English throne in 1546 * Surrey executed and Norfolk to tower
Nobility under Henry VIII * Enjoyed influence under renaissance King, e.g. favour in war * Enjoyed land ownership in the dissolutions * Size only increased a little due to natural wastage * Henry showed no mercy in executing nobility: Buckingham, Darcy and Hussey after rebs, common criminals
Gentry under Henry VIII * Knighted for royal favour * Gentleman was a loose term still * JPs increased * Strive for gentry to be legally trained in place of clergymen * gentry drawn in to unpaid admin for crown
Commoners under Henry VIII * ride in inflation and drop in real income * bitter towards amicable grant 1525 * government fearful of commoners because they cause social disorder on a mass scale
Regional differences * measures to create a unified state * 1536 Wales Act = representation and legal framework * 1536 Act against independence of Palatines * Anglo-Welsh borders under councilof Wales for local ease * Anglo Scottish border split into 3, difficult to fill positions * Council of North permanent after 1536
Social consequences of religious upheaval * complaints about Church but little fundamental change = :) * Attacking practices and traditions :( * Land to gentry * education lost with monasteries * unemployment of nuns * local communities :(
Trade under Henry VIII * cloth exports doubled, wool decreased: finished :) * wine imports suggest prospering classes * success for London = difficulty for other ports * Questionable how much profit went to English hands * Domestic business that wasn't secure * Big money made by entrepreneurs who used trade to enhance status * first growth in mining and blast furnace
Exploration under Henry VIII * Was not interested! * Seb Cabot remained in Spain during reign * Some merchants continued but w/o royal support
Prosperity and depression under Henry VIII * population up, mortality down * farming more efficient * debasement = boom 44-46 * Bad harvests * Real wages and inflation * unemployment, movement to London * homeless due to engrossing
Enclosure under Henry VIII * most damage took place before 1485 * Wolsey set up commissions * Wolsey had to recognise owners' rights * Law in 1534 had little impact
Population growth under Henry VIII * stress for food * Agricultural prices increased * economic growth at peasant distress - Guy * Society more polarised
Foreign policy on the continent 1530-1540 * 1532: alliance with France, ended by French-Papal marriage * Break with Rome not priority: Ottoman Turks, Henry weak alliance with Schmalkalden * 1536 improvement: fall of Boleyn, F+S fighting * 1538 danger: F+S Treaty of Nice & Pope sends envoys/excommunicates * 1540 Cleves dilemma and F+S breakdown too = no need for Cleves and opportunity to ally with France = Cromwell falls
Foreign policy in Ireland 1530-40 * Earl of Kildare relations bad with King * 1534 major rebellion * English presence = economic drain * 1541 complicated separated Kingdom with English laws
Foreign policy in Scotland 1540-47 1538: France and Scotland ally * 1542: England and HRE invasion to France = Scottish border raids ended by Duke of Norfolk's army * Rough wooing instead of attack * 1543 Treaty of Greenwich betrothed Edward to MQoS, refused by Scot * henry raids Scottish cities for revenge
Foreign policy in France 1540-47 * Anglo-Imperial invasion * King as head of army in foolish last pursuit of glory * Ended in Capture of Boulogne, HRE dropped out * Ended in Scottish border raids, France on Isle of Wight, Mary Rose sank * Henry sold of crown lands for this

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