Edward Flashcards
(28 cards)
What were the issues with Edward’s minority?
only 9 years old
can’t lead troops or control faction
How did Henry provide for Edward’s minority?
Balanced regency council
How did Somerset change Henry’s succession? Did he challenge stability?
assumed role of leader although this was natural
there was a smooth change over
but he got rid of 2 Catholic on PC
Who was in the anti-somerset faction?
Paget, Wriothesely and Warwick
What led to Somerset’s downfall
in 1549 he took Edward to Windsor Castle where he complains he is prisoner and this results in his arrest
How did Warwick secure his position?
creates Protestant majority
uses December 1549 plot to expel Catholic Lords and bring in his own men
1550 makes himself Lord President
executes Somerset in 1552
What evidence is there that Edward/Northumberland wrote the device?
Northumberland’s son was married to Jane
Edward was more involved in politics anyway and wanted a Protestant heir
The May 1553 version doesn’t include Jane anyway
What were Northumberland’s failings
Doesn’t capture Mary and she flees to East Anglia
Dismisses his forces in 1552
leaves London giving council time to change their mind
forces desert him
What were Mary’s success in claiming the crown
Proclaims herself Queen in East Anglia in June at the same time as LJG
Writes to PC and acts as legitamate heir
Sympathetic towards Paget, Howard and Gardiner
What was Somerset’s initial approach to religion?
Cautious as not everywhere wanted change
When was the Book of Homilies and the dissolution of the Chantries?
1547
When was the Treason Act repealed and what was the result?
Autumn 1547 but this meant that public preaching had to be stopped in 1548 due to radicals
When and what was the 1st Act of Uniformity?
1549
Communion in both kinds, English services and clerical marriage allowed
Book of Common Prayer
But some holy days and fasts kept
What were the Royal Visitations?
Test done at start of reign to test clerical knowledge
How were Somerset’s changes received?
Nobles liked them but some protest in 1549
What allowed more radical changes in 1550?
Northumberland winning factional struggle
What issues were there with the New Ordinal?
arguments between Hooper and Ridley in 1550
When and what were the Royal Injunctions?
1547
removal of superstitious images
When were proclamations on images made?
Feb 1548 all images 2 b removed
Dec 1549 destruction of remaining images
When were Catholics deprived of their sees?
1551
When was the 2nd Act of uniformity and what did it do?
made 2nd Prayer Book Law
To what extent was England protestant by Edward’s death?
Short reign and not able to pass 42 articles
Struggle over images and rebellions
changes in churches and services
Rapid restoration of Catholicism shows it wasn’t really accepted
but changes welcomed in London
What were the social and economic issues in Ed’s reign?
Population doubles in 50 years and food prices rise Enclosure and class divisions debased coinage = inflation dissolution of chantries increases poverty which threatens law and order
What steps were taken to reduce socio-economic issues?
1547 Vagrancy Act
1549 and 1548 commissions into enclosure
