Kt1

Question 1

Tuder societal system

Answer 1

God
Monarch
Nobles
gentry
Wealthy merchants
Yeomen
Tenant farmers
Labourers servents unemploymed

Question 2

Great chain of being

Answer 2

The idea that god was on the top of society and who was then followed by monarchs then. Comoners and then animals

Question 3

Role of nobles and gentry

Answer 3

Acted as the kings main advisors and gentry kept government running at a local level

Question 4

Parliament role

Answer 4

To raise money for special occasions like war

Question 5

Cheif ministers

Answer 5

Henrys leading advisers and took on a huge ammount of work to achieve his aims (wolsey)

Question 6

Arthur tudor

Answer 6

• raised to be king
• henry vii wanted political marriage with cathrine of aragon
• treaty of medrina promised arthu and cathrine together when they reach legal age
  1602 arthur died at ladlow castle

Question 7

Henrys apperance and character

Answer 7

• looked like a great leader
• he could be ruthless
• wanted support and popularity and glory from war

Question 8

Henrys aims

Answer 8

• wanted glory from defeating france
• inspired by great warrior kings like henry v and edward iii

Question 9

Henrys weaknesses

Answer 9

His desire for glory often overshadowed reason
And he was inexperienced and unprepared for the task

Question 10

Problem with justice

Answer 10

Slow expensive and often unfair verdicts favourd those with money and influence

Question 11

How did wolsey use the star chamber court

Answer 11

To try and secure a fairer justice system by
- overseeing cases in person
- increased courts work lod / cases from 12 a year to 120

Question 12

Example of star chamber court getting fair justice

Answer 12

Henry percy - earl of northumberland being sent to prison in 1516

Question 13

Why waswolseys work in justice criticised

Answer 13

Criticised by upper class who gelt his main motivation was to get trvenge on upper classes for their mistreatment of him and his humble beginnings i. e sit powlet

Question 14

Problems (prewolsey) with money in england

Answer 14

Henry wanted to follow an agrssive foreing policy but this was expensive henrys average yearly income was 110,000 not enough for war

Question 15

Direct taxation

Answer 15

When eqch community when called upon by parliament had to pay percentage of their movable goods in a system of fifteens and tenths rural areas payed one fifteenth urbqn areas one tenth

Question 16

Wolsey solution to direct taxation flaws

Answer 16

Introduce subsidy which was an additional tax based on an up to date assessment of a persons income the tax was set up so a person would pay more the higher their income

Question 17

Ways henry and wolsey made money

Answer 17

• direct taxation
• Subsidies
• forced loans

Question 18

Eltham ordinances

Answer 18

Wolsey drew up 79 rules known as the eltham ordinances which included
- servants who were sick or not needed were fired
- meals were at set times and not constant
- dogs banned for cleanliness
- gentlemen of the chamber reduced feom 12 to 6 likely to remove political rivals

Question 19

Deuteronomy

Answer 19

Used by cathrine says abrothers duty to mary brothers widow

Question 20

Leviticus

Answer 20

Used by henry says it is an impurity to marry a brothers wife - would be cursed with no children

Question 21

Causes for wanting annulment

Answer 21

Religious reasons
Lack of nale heir
Anne bolyne - wouldnt sleep with him until they were married

Question 22

Consumated

Answer 22

Confirming marriage by having sex

Question 23

Praemunire

Answer 23

Treason by member of the clergy who works in intrests of the pope over the king

Question 24

Reasons henry lost faith in wolsey

Answer 24

Ammocable grant
Failure to get annulment
Foreign and domestic policies

Question 25

Three of wolseys plans and why they failed - annulment

Answer 25

• argue dispensation never should have happened
• use leviticus argue dispensation broke gods law
• however arguement only worked if marriage was consumated and cathrine used deuteronomy also embarrassing for pope to admit mistake
• break the dispensation
• sayvthe dispensation was misworded and therefor could be broken
• however cathrine supporters found a soanish version which was correctly worded
• persuade rome to have case heard in england so cardinal wolsey could have the final decision
• however pope decided in summer 1529 trial has to happen in rome

Question 26

Wosleys rise to power (4-5)

Answer 26

• 1486 studied at oxford
• became a priest
• 1509 royal council by henry
• 1512-13 organised army for war against france and Scotland ( no one wanted this job as it had huge potential for faliure but he did it successfully)
• 1515 pop appointed wolsey cardinal
• 1515 henry appointed him lord chancellor and cheif ministers

Question 27

What did the people call wolsey

Answer 27

Alter rex - second king

Question 28

Reasons for amicable grant

Answer 28

• king of france defeated by charles v in 1525 na d henry saw as opportunity to sieze power and invade france
• to raise money wolesy decided he needed to introduce a new tax without approval of parliament

Question 29

What was amicable grant

Answer 29

1525 priests payed one third of their income and everyone else payed one sixth
Given just ten weeks to find the money

Question 30

Reactions to amicable grant

Answer 30

Met with anger many refused to pay
Revolt broke out in suffilk where 10,000 men met and expressed loyalty to the king but wanted him aware of their anger

Question 31

Consequences of amicable grant

Answer 31

• first real rebellion of henrys era
• wolsey humiliated and decreased popularity
• henry started to doubt wolsey
• no taxation was attempted by him ever again