Early Reign Of Henry VIII

Question 1

What was the year Henry VIII became king, and at what age?

Answer 1

1509, age 17

Question 2

Henry VIII’s grandmother, who acted as regent

Answer 2

Lady Margaret Beaufort

Question 3

Location of Henry VIII’s coronation

Answer 3

Westminster Abbey

Question 4

Two ministers executed in 1510 to remove Henry VII’s influence

Answer 4

Empson and Dudley

Question 5

Henry VIII’s first wife

Answer 5

Catherine of Aragon

Question 6

Two countries Henry went to war with early in his reign

Answer 6

France & Scotland

Question 7

Battle where Henry’s forces defeated the French in 1513

Answer 7

Battle of the Spurs

Question 8

Battle where James IV of Scotland was killed in 1513

Answer 8

Battle of Flodden

Question 9

Wolsey’s nickname, meaning he ruled as if he were king

Answer 9

Alter Rex

Question 10

Position Wolsey was given in 1515, making him Henry’s chief minister

Answer 10

Lord Chancellor

Question 11

LWhat did wolsey use more than befpre

Answer 11

Star Chamber

Question 12

Government reform in 1526 that aimed to reduce wasteful spending

Answer 12

Eltham Ordinances, wolsey acc used to reduce powers of others

Question 13

Tax introduced by Wolsey to replace the fifteenth and tenth

Answer 13

The Subsidy

Question 14

Unpopular tax that led to rebellion in 1525

Answer 14

Amicable Grant

Question 15

Issue that worsened due to population growth and debasement of coinage

Answer 15

Inflation & economic depression

Question 16

Why did Wolsey rarely call Parliament?

Answer 16

He preferred to rule without its interference

Question 17

Henry VIII’s main foreign policy aims

Answer 17

Military glory & securing his dynasty

Question 18

Rival European rulers Henry competed with

Answer 18

Charles V & Francis I

Question 19

Treaty organised by Wolsey in 1518 to secure European peace

Answer 19

Treaty of London

Question 20

Extravagant diplomatic meeting between Henry VIII and Francis I in 1520

Answer 20

Field of the Cloth of Gold

Question 21

Battle in 1525 where Charles V defeated Francis I

Answer 21

Battle of Pavia

Question 22

Why did Henry’s alliance with Charles V fail after 1525?

Answer 22

Charles refused to help Henry invade France

Question 23

What changed about England’s alliances in the mid-1520s?

Answer 23

Henry and Wolsey switched support from Charles V to France

Question 24

Head of the Catholic Church in England

Answer 24

The Pope

Question 25

Main religious service in the Church

Answer 25

The Mass

Question 26

Sacrament that was central to Catholic worship

Answer 26

The Eucharist (Holy Communion)

Question 27

English scholar and humanist who wrote ‘Utopia’

Answer 27

Thomas More

Question 28

Dutch humanist who criticised Church corruption but remained Catholic

Answer 28

Erasmus

Question 29

Group that followed Wycliffe’s ideas and opposed Church corruption

Answer 29

Lollards

Question 30

German monk whose ideas influenced the Reformation

Answer 30

Martin Luther

Question 31

What was the King’s official position in the Church before the Reformation?

Answer 31

Defender of the Faith

Question 32

Main argument of the traditional view of the Church before 1529

Answer 32

The Church was corrupt and unpopular

Question 33

Main argument of the revisionist view of the Church before 1529

Answer 33

The Church was strong and popular

Question 34

Treaty of Cambrai

Answer 34

1517 HRe and france peace

Question 35

National survey

Answer 35

1522

Question 36

--% of churches rebuilt, remodled or extended

Answer 36

60

Question 37

Who was sent by the pope in... to go to church court

Answer 37

Campeggio, oct 1528

Question 38

where did henry speak of his marriage

Answer 38

brindellwell

Question 39

what court was it to try the marraige

Answer 39

blackfriars

Question 40

pope att

Answer 40

Leo x

Question 43

Highest position Wolsey held in polictics

Answer 43

Lord Chancellor

Question 44

What socio-economic problem did Wolsey organise commissioners to research?

Answer 44

Enclosure

Question 45

What was the Vulgate

Answer 45

Latin Bible

Question 47

William Tyndall

Answer 47

Translated Bible to English

Question 48

After which tavern were a group of reformers from Cambridge named?

Answer 48

Whitehall

Question 49

Which Biblical text did Henry VIII use to support his case against Katherine? What Biblical text did she use to contradict this?

Answer 49

Leviticus Deuteronomy

Question 50

Who was Katherine’s of Aragon influential relative abroad?

Answer 50

Charles V, Emperor of HRE

Question 51

With what crime was Wolsey charge upon his fall?

Answer 51

Praemunire charge of having overstepped his legatine authority