Early Modern Britain Flashcards
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Why did theft of Food increase?
Price of food would rise and as population grew food and resources available had to be shared between more people.
Why was it hard for people to find work?
More people so greater competition for jobs available
How did Henry vII come into power?
Winning final battle of the War of Roses at Bosworth field
What’s was the change in the church of Henry VII ‘s reign?
He broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and set up Church of England. A major part of this reformation was the dissolution of the monasteries. The main reason he wanted to close them was because they had lots of money he could take.
Why was it bad the monasteries went
Charitable aid for the poor so without their aid the poor had one less source of food and help
Why did Henry break away from the Roman Catholic religion
The pope refused to grant divorce from his first wife Catharine of Aragon
What changes did reformation of church bring
King was in charge not the pope
Church services changes ways they were conducted
If people didn’t practise new religion they were committing heresy
What’s heresy
Crime against Church or god
Why did people not like Charles I
His religious beliefs and started civil war
During the early modern period who was still ultimately in charge
The monarch, had advisors but still essentially the boss
What was an increasing problem in early modern England
Poverty
What did increase poverty result in
Number of beggars on the streets
What were ‘sturdy beggars’
People who begged as a living and came up with many ingenious ways to get money out of people
Who were bristlers
Would uses loaded dice in order to run a gambling scam
What’s counterfeit crank
A beggar who would pretend to have violent fits to gain sympathy and money from passers by
What did tudors do for the poor
Henry vII (1485-1509) treated beggars as petty criminals and sent them to pillory or stocks Henry vIII (1509-1547) first tudor monarch to make a distinction between those who chose to be beggars or were actually worthy poor.these people were given a licence to beg
What happened if you would beg without a license?
You would be whipped and sent back where you came from
Gunpowder plot
5th November guy fawkes tried to blow up parliament as an act of terrorism carried out by Catholics who wanted to kill the Protestant king as an act of religious and political protest
What happened to guy fawkes
He was hung,drawn and quartered which was public to show monarch shouldn’t be challenged in any way
When did witchcraft become a crime
In medieval England it was only illegal to use witchcraft to harm others but when king James I came to the throne the law changed making it illegal for someone to be a witch.
How did the increase in Puritanism ( purist form of Protestant church) affect witchcraft?
Harsher punishments and during English civil war (1642-1651) the country was in turmoil and a craze of witch hunting began to develop
Who was Mathew Hopkins?
Witch finder general who over 14 months had hundreds of people executed
How did people spot witches
Having a witch mark (familiar)
Elderly women
Muttering
How was ducking used to prove someone was a witch
Thrown into local pond or lake if they floated considered to be rejected by purity of water therefore a witch but if sank they were pure but would drown
Similar to medieval ordeal trial by cold water
