Henry VIII - Exam Questions

Question 1

Describe one feature of the Treaty of London (1518)

Answer 1

Each state (Holy Roman Empire, France, England) would promise to follow a non-aggressive foreign policy

Question 2

Describe one feature of the Amicable Grant (1525)

Answer 2

People would have to give ⅙ of their money for the amicable grant. Priests would have to give 1/3rd of theirs causing an uprising of 10,000 people.

Question 3

Describe one feature of the Eltham Ordinances

Answer 3

Dogs were banned to promote cleanliness. They were ultimately unsuccessful as no one enforced them so they faded away.

Question 4

Describe one feature of Henry VIII’s government

Answer 4

Privy Chamber - looked after his personal needs. It was made up of a small group of the king’s closest noble friends

Question 5

Describe one feature of England’s war with France 1522-1525

Answer 5

The duke of Suffolk advanced on Paris with 11,000 troops but the promised extra troops from Charles didn’t turn up enraging skibidi Henry.

Question 6

Describe one feature of Henry’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon

Answer 6

It strengthened an important alliance with Spain and therefore the Holy Roman Empire

Question 6

Describe one feature of the Boleyn faction

Answer 6

They were a powerful group in court made up of the Boleyn Family

Question 6

Explain why Wolsey fell from power in October 1529
- Foreign policy
- The failure to annul the marriage of Catherine of Aragon.

Answer 6

Foreign Policy - The war with france did not help because at the Battle of Pavia in 1525 in which Charles destroyed the French but did not want to share France
The failure to annul the marriage of Catherine of Aragon - Evidence in the Bible (Levicutus), Challenging the original descision, hearing the case in England
Domestic Policy - Enclosure, Amicable grant

Question 6

Explain why Wolsey’s foreign policy did not win military glory for Henry VIII
- The Field of Cloth and Gold (1520).
- The Treaty of London (1518).

Answer 6

The field of Cloth and gold - Wrestling match between the 2 kings, a fortnight of feasting and jousting. Ultimately unsuccessful because no descisions were made and did not strengthen the alliance
The treaty of London - Universal peace between France, England and Holy Roman Empire. War restarted in 1521
War with france - The war with france did not help because at the Battle of Pavia in 1525 in which Charles destroyed the French but did not want to share France. Even though the french were distracted by Henry. The financial cost to Henry had been high, totalling £430,000.

Question 7

Explain why Henry VIII failed to gain an annulment of his marriage to the Catherine of Aragon
- Enquiry by Cardinal Campeggio (1529).
- Catherine’s plea (1529).

Answer 7

Enquiry By Campeggio - He had been given instructions to delay and the court was broken up for the summer, only arrived in 1528
Challenging the original dispensation worded incorrectly. Catherine’s supporters found a correctly worded Spanish version
Leviticus - Catherines supporters found Deuteronomy which said a man could marry his brother’s widow and have children with her.