Early Modern 1500-1700 Flashcards
what happened in 1485?
1485 – Battle of Bosworth
Field (start of the Tudors).
what happens in 1517?
1517 – Martin Luther starts
Protestantism.
what happened in 1536?
1536 – Dissolution of the
Monasteries under Henry VIII.
what happened in 1559?
1559 – Settlement of Religion
under Elizabeth I.
what happened in 1605
gunpowder plot
what happened between the dates 1642-49
1642-49 – English Civil War.
what happened in 1660?
1660 – Royal Society
established in London leading
to improvements in science
and technology.
what act was passed in 1494?
1494 – Vagabonds and
Beggars Act.
what act was passed in 1542?
1542 – Witchcraft Act.
what act was passed in 1547?
1547 – Vagrancy Act.
what act was passed in 1559?
1559 – Act of Uniformity –
Creates Church of England.
what act was passed in 1597?
1597 – Act for Relief of the
Poor (deserving and
undeserving poor).
what law was passed in 1601?
1601 – Poor Law – Parish relief
for deserving poor.
what act was passed in 1671?
1671 – Game Act.
More moral laws passed
banning drinking, playing
games
what was the role of watchmen?
The watchmen patrolled the streets at night, calling out the hour, keeping a lookout for fires, checking that doors were locked and ensuring that drunks and other vagrants were delivered to the watch constable.
what did matthew hopkins did,when did he die, and how did he die?
-was an English witch-hunter whose career flourished during the English Civil War.
-1620 – 12 August 1647
-pleural tuberculosis
what were vagabonds?
Vagabonds were beggars, tramps and vagrants who wandered the country without a settled job
