Domestic Policies Under Cromwell 1532-1540- Cromwell and Exploiting weakness in the Church

Question 1

What type of government continued for 3 years following the fall of Wolsey?

Answer 1

Conciliar government

Question 2

Who brought an end to this phase of councillor government?

Answer 2

Thomas Cromwell

Question 3

What did Thomas Cromwell propose which appealed to King Henry ?

Answer 3

Cromwell suggested to make a break from one and place himself as head of an English Church

Question 4

by 1532 was was Thomas Cromwell’s position?

Answer 4

the king’s chief minister

Question 5

Who did Cromwell’s dominance over royal government in the 1530’s annoy?

Answer 5

the Duke of Norfolk , Thomas Howard

Question 6

What was Thomas Howard’s reaction to Cromwell’s religious reforms ?

Answer 6

He was hostile to Cromwell’s religious reforms

Question 7

Through which years did Parliaments role in government develop?

Answer 7

1526-1536

Question 8

During the years 1529-1536 when Parliaments role in government developed, what was this named?

Answer 8

so-called ‘Reformation Parliament’

Question 9

When did Thomas Cromwell fall from favour and was thus executed at the Tower of London?

Answer 9

28th July 1540

Question 10

What had supremacy over canon law afferent he break with rome?

Answer 10

statute law, Acts of Parliament

Question 11

How had the Catholic Church as an institution become weaker?

Answer 11

due to humanist criticisms of
Colet
Erasmus
and the anticlerical satire of Simon Fish

Question 12

How had the Catholic Church as an institution become weaker ?

Answer 12

due to humanist criticisms

Question 13

Which 3 people worked to weaken the Catholic Church as an institution though humanist criticisms?

Answer 13

Colet
Erasmus
and the anticlerical satire of Simon Fish

Question 14

Which lawyer challenged the Church’s claims to legal supremacy in 1528 which weakened the church ?

Answer 14

lawyer Christopher St German

Question 15

How did lawyer Christopher St German challenge the Church’s claims to legal supremacy in 1528 which weakened the church?

Answer 15

he asserted the superiority of English law over canon law of the church

Question 16

How did lawyer Christopher St Germans challenge of the Church’s claim to legal supremacy in 1528 through asserting the superiority of English law over cannon law of the church weaken the church?

Answer 16

this helped to prepare the way for parliamentary attack on the churches power which was masterminded by Cromwell

Question 17

What had supplied Henry with more intellectual justifications ?

Answer 17

the ‘Collectanea Satis Copiosa’

Question 18

What was the ‘Collectanea Satis Copiosa’ ?

Answer 18

a collection of historical documents

Question 19

Who complied the collection of historical documents ‘Collectanea Satis Copiosa’ which Henry used for more intellectual justifications?

Answer 19

two Cambridge theologians

Thomas Cramner and Edward Foxe

Question 20

What was the aim of Thomas Cramner and Edward Foxe , 2 cambrudge theologians who complied the collection of historical documents ‘Collectanea Satis Copoisa’ ?

Answer 20

to justify the kings divorce on the basis of legal and historical principles

Question 21

In order to add pressure on the papacy, what did Henry do to support his Great Matter ?

Answer 21

Henry had sought and received expect opinions on his marital situation grin a number of continental universities

Question 22

How did King Henry humiliate Lord Chancellor Sir Thomas More?

Answer 22

by requiring him to present the favourable expert opinions from continental universities to both houses of Parliament

Question 23

How had Thomas Cramner and Edward Foxe redefined the boundaries between royal and ecclesiastical power ?

Answer 23

by asserting that kings of England have always enjoyed both secular and spiritual authority over the Church