26 KEY QUESTIONS

Question 1

How old was Edward when he was crowned King?

Answer 1

9

Question 2

What was the Book of Homiles?

Answer 2

Model Sermons

Question 3

When did Somerset dissolve the Chantries?

Answer 3

1547

Question 4

Give the dates of Edward’s prayer books

Answer 4

1549 and 1552

Question 5

What was Edward’s Act of Uniformity?

Answer 5

The First book of Common Prayer became law under this

Question 6

When was the 2 nd Act of Uniformity passed?

Answer 6

1552

Question 7

Why was the Forty Two Articles never passed?

Answer 7

Edward died

Question 8

What were the causes of the Western Rebellion?

Answer 8

Religion, Failings of the local government, personality clashes

Question 9

Name four Western rebel demands

Answer 9

Mass in Latin, Sacraments to be hung back over the alter and worshipped, Holy bread and water on Sunday, Images to be hung back up on the church, The old prayer book to be continued to be used until Edward turned 16

Question 10

Explain what enclosure is

Answer 10

Enclosures meant that the land was split into sections and cornered off by gates which meant that sheep could only be grazed in certain areas

Question 11

What caused Kett’s Rebellion?

Answer 11

Economic (enclosure, rent etc), Somerset’s policies, protest against local government, personality clashes

Question 12

When does Somerset fall from power?

Answer 12

31 st October 1549 (think year of rebellions)

Question 13

Who was Northumberland?

Answer 13

President of the council and Lord Protector from 1551 onwards

Question 14

When does Edward die?

Answer 14

6th July 1553

Question 15

What is the Devise?

Answer 15

Naming Lady Jane Grey as Edward’s successor

Question 16

When did Mary come to the throne?

Answer 16

6th July 1553

Question 17

Who was Charles V?

Answer 17

Most powerful political figure in Western Europe, King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor, Philip’s dad, Mary’s cousin

Question 18

What was the Act of Repeal?

Answer 18

Nullified all religious legislation under Edward’s reign

Question 19

In what year were the Heresy Laws passed?

Answer 19

1554

Question 20

What were Mary’s Royal Injunctions?

Answer 20

Remove married clergy, supress heresy, re-ordain clergy, restore holy days

Question 21

Who were Latimer and Ridley?

Answer 21

Anglican bishops that were burned as heretics (protestants)

Question 22

What was the difference between Mary’s first Act of Repeal and the Second?

Answer 22

It undid all anti-papal legislation since 1529 (Henry)

Question 23

When was Wyatt’s rebellion?

Answer 23

1554

Question 24

What were the causes of the rebellion?

Answer 24

Marriage, fear of a foreigner, female rule, religious reasons, decline in the cloth industry in Kent and local political instability

Question 25

Why was the rebellion not successful?

Answer 25

Events moved too fast for the conspirators, Mary gave a rousing speech and got the people on side, Renard and Paget took the sting out if the rebels plans, Mary decided to wait for the rebels in London

Question 26

Who was Pole?

Answer 26

Was a senior priest who had been forced into exile in Rome after opposing Henry VIII’s religious changes, returned to England under Mary I as Archbishop of Canterbury