Acts of Union

Question 1

Question 1
What are the factors for the Acts of Union?

Answer 1

• Religious policies.
• Acts of Union Impact.
• Work of the Council of Wales.
• Social Change.

Question 2

Question 2
What ae some facts for the Religious Policies factor?

Answer 2

• Monastic Dissolution 1536-41 - Religious texts, histories within Monastic libraries, lost or destroyed - Henry VIII.
• Cramner’s Book of Homilies 1547 - Forced Protestantism & English services on Wales.
• 1555 Act of Repeal - Brought Wales back to its traditional Roman Catholic roots.
• 1588 Welsh Bible - Elizabeth I has the Bible translated & allowed Welsh to survive, where other languages didn’t, Cornish.

Question 3

Question 3
What ae some facts for the Work of the Council of Wales & the Marches factor?

Answer 3

• 1536 Act of Union - established Council of under control of Privy Council.
• Rowland Lee - President of the Council from 1534 & the changing of welsh names to more English ones.
• Wasn’t a major change becuase Wales had been under English control since Edward I.

Question 4

Question 4
What ae some facts for the Social factor?

Answer 4

• Changing inheritance laws - Change from all inherit equally to Primogeniture, destroyed Welsh traditions.
• 1530 to 1540 Inflation quadrupled - added to a loss in Monastic services, the peasants lost services, E.g. Healthcare. That they relied on.
• Act of Uniformity - Brought Wales in line with England in terms of Law & Order. This saw a reduction in crime as criminals couldn’t escape justice by going to another Marcher Lords territory.

Question 5

Question 5
What ae some facts for the Acts of Union Impact factor?

Answer 5

• Wales got 28 MPs so got a say & representaiton in Parliament.
• 1534 Court of Great Sessions - Introduced to ry & punish criminals across all 12 counties could solve their rampant crime issues.
• The drawbacks of both.