Factionalism

Question 1

What were the two factions that emerged during Henry VIII’s divorce?

Answer 1

The Boleyn faction and the Aragonese faction

Question 2

What is the evidence that the Pilgrimage of Grace was due to faction? (5)

Answer 2

1. Pilgrims called for the restoration of Mary
2. attacked the rule of Cromwell and his associates
3. Darcy, Constable and Hussey had been involved in opposition since 1533
4. Plots with the imperial abmassador
5. the rising was well organised, suggesting it was not a spontaneous reaction

Question 3

Who was behind the Exeter conspiracy and why?

Answer 3

Cromwell, who found the disovery of a threat to the King and government an ideal way to secure his position after 1536

Question 4

Why is it improbable that the Pilgrimage of Grace weakened Cromwell’s position?

Answer 4

His rise continued until Henry’s disastrous marriage to Anne of Cleeves

Question 5

When was the Exeter conspiracy?

Answer 5

1538