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1
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When did Henry marry Catherine of Aragon?

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1509

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When was Wolsey appointed Lord Chancellor and Chief Minister?

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1515

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When did Wolsey become Papal Legate in England?

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1518

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When was the Amicable Grant?

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1525

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When did Henry want to annul his marriage with Catherine of Aragon?

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1526

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What was the order of the great chain of being?

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God - Angels - Royalty - Commoners - Animals - Plants - Non-Living Things

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What was the social hierarchy in ascending order?

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The Monarch and Church - Nobility - Gentry and Merchants - Yeoman and high skilled craftsmen - Tenant farmers and skilled tradesmen - Labourers and skilled workers

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Why was Henry good to be a king?

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  • Looked like a leader
  • Wanted to build an empire
  • Sporty which pleased Nobles
  • Young and charming
  • Wanted Wars and power
  • Good team of Advisors
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Why was Henry a doubt to be a good king?

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  • He was very aggressive
  • He had little experience
  • Very stubborn and hard to compromise with
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10
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What is Jousting?

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Knights who rode at each other with lances

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11
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What is an accession?

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The act of becoming king

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What does betrothed mean?

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A formal engagement that could not easily be broken

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13
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What is a royal progress?

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A tour of the kingdom by a monarch & entourage

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What was the divine right of kings?

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King’s believed that they had been appointed by God

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What is a lord chancellor?

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The kings chief secratary

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16
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What is the archbishop of York?

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Second highest position within the Church

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17
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What is a Cardinal?

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A priest of very high rank in the Roman Catholic Church

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18
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What is the pope?

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Head of the Catholic Church

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19
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What is a star chamber?

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Special law court; cases heard in secret

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20
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What is the royal household?

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Henry & his family, and all the servants needed.

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21
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What is the privy chamber?

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Men chosen by Henry to be his advisors.

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who are the royal council?

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The kings inner circle of advisors

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23
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what is the court?

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The Household plus the King’s friends and advisors

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24
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What is parliament?

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Its main aim was to raise taxes for special occasions

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25
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What was the justices of peace?

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ts main aim was to raise taxes for special occasions

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26
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What was the enclosure?

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Areas of farmland that were being fenced off for

private use, often taken from the common land

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27
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Why was the enclosures so insignificant?

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Landowners lost land from this and wool traders had less space to skin animals.

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28
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In 1509, how much of the population lived in the countryside as a percentage

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94%

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29
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In 1509, where did 6% of people live

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in the town

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30
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When was Wolsey born

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1473

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31
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what was Wolsey’s dads job

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a butcher and cattle dealer

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32
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In what year did Wolsey gain a degree at Oxford to become a priest

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1498

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33
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Where did Wolsey go for university

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Oxford

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34
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What job was Wolsey given in 1509 when he joined the royal council

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Royal Almoner

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35
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what is the royal almoner

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somebody who gives money to the poor

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36
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In what year did Wolsey join the royal council

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1509

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37
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What 2 jobs were given to Wolsey in 1514

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Bishop of Lincoln and Archbishop of York

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38
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what was the only job higher than archbishop of York

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archbishop of Canterbury

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39
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When did Wolsey become Bishop of Lincoln

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1514

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40
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When did Wolsey become Archbishop of York

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1514

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41
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When did Wolsey become Lord Chancellor

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1515

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42
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when did Wolsey become Henry’s chief minister

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1515

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43
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when did Wolsey become a cardinal

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1515

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44
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What happened in 1512 that convinced Henry to give Wolsey chief minister and Lord Chancellor

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Wolsey arranged an army to battle france which was well equipped and highly resourced

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45
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Who did Wolsey arrange an army against in what year that persuaded Henry that he was the man of for the job

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france in 1512

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46
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When did Wolsey become Papal Legate

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1518

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47
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what is a Papal Legate

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the popes representative of your own country

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48
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becoming Papal Legate made Wolsey the most ______ __________ in all of England

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powerful/senior , churchman

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49
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Who was called the Alter Rex

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Wolsey

50
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what did the Alter Rex mean

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it meant second king. Wolsey was referred to this due to his unlimited power

51
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What college did Wolsey fund the build of

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Cardinal College

52
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Who was the opposition to Wolsey

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Nobility and Landowners

53
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why did Nobility dislike Wolsey

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He was poor and now the second richest in England so they saw him skipping the que. He was also seen as jumping the Great Chain of Being

54
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Who were the royal council

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the kings inner circle of advisors

55
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Who was Francis I

A

king of France

56
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Who was Charles V

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Holy Roman Emperor and Spanish King

57
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What relation was Charles V to Catherine of Aragon

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Charles was her nephew

58
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In 1517, Wolsey set up an inquiry to stop the enclosures heavily effecting _________

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ordinary people

59
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How did Wolsey make a fairer Justice system

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  • Increased star chambers and strengthened them
  • Encouraged pour to bring cases to court
  • supported poor over rich
60
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What was the Eltham Ordinance 1526

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It was a 79 chapter long reading of rules which tackled mismanagement of palaces.

61
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When was the Eltham Ordinance

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1526

62
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What were the rules in the Eltham Ordinance

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  • Cutting spending on meals and servants
  • Laying off sick or unwanted servants
  • Privy chamber from 12 to 6
63
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when was subsidy brought in by Wolsey

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1523

64
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what was subsidy

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the tax that was paid, the more you earned the more you paid

65
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What was Clerical Taxation

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A voluntary gift from the church to the king

66
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In 1523 and 1522, Landowners were forced to give money to who

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the government

67
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When was the Amicable Grant

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1525

68
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What was the Amicable Grant

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It was a tax system put into to place to pay for the invasion of france

69
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Why was the Amicable Grant introduced

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  • France lost a war to Habsburg empire

- England wanted to take lost land

70
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Who would pay for the invasion of France

A

the public

71
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What was the tax required to be payed by a priest

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1/3 of a priests home

72
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What was the tax required by commoner to be payed

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1/6 of a commoners home

73
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Why was the Amicable Grant controversial

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  • It hadn’t been passed by the government and was being taken by royal decree
  • People had 10 weeks to pay but couldn’t afford it so a rebellion could’ve broken out against Henry VIII
74
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What happened to the Amicable Grant

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Never took place and peace made with france instead

75
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How was Wolsey affected by the Amicable Grant

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  • Reputation damaged as he took responsibility
  • Wolsey unable to raise other taxes as first minister
  • Doubted by Henry, starting his fall
76
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Who was Scotland allied with during the reign of Wolsey

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France

77
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What areas were controlled by England in the reign of Wolsey

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Wales, Ireland, Calais

78
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How many states made up the Holy Roman Empire

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nearly 400

79
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What was the Habsburg Empire

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the empire of Charles Vs Spain and Holy Roman Empire

80
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Who were the ottoman empire

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A powerful Muslim state that controlled parts of Europe and North Africa

81
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What religion was Spain

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Catholic

82
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What were Wolsey’s aims of the foreign policies

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  • better relation with Habsburgs and Francis I
  • make France and Spain hate each other more
  • more military glory but less expensive wars
  • Prevent wars to make Peacemaker Henry
83
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In 1512, who did England form an alliance with

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Spain

84
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when was the battle of Spurs with France

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1512-14

85
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When was the treaty of London

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1518

86
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what happened in the treaty of London

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created ‘Universal Peace’ in Europe but it only lasted 3 years

87
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when was the field of cloths

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1520

88
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what happened at the field of cloths

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Henry met Francis I and their relationship became worse

89
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what happened at the treaty of Bruges

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an agreement with Spain to seize French throne and take land

90
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when was the treaty of Bruges

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1521

91
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when was the 2nd war with France

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1522-25

92
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why was Charles angry with England after beating france in the war

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Charles saw England not doing much to help so didn’t share won land with England

93
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When was the treaty of more

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1525

94
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what happened in the treaty of more

A

formed English-French alliance against Spain

95
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when was the treaty of Westminster

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1527

96
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what happened in the treaty of Westminster

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Charles threatened with war

97
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when did England and france declare war against Spain

A

1528

98
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when was the treaty of Cambrai

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1529

99
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what happened at the treaty of Cambrai

A

Spain and France made peace

100
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who was Catherine of Aragon

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aunt of Charles V

101
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who was Catherine of Aragon’s first Husband

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henry’s brother, author

102
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why did henry want to ended his marriage with Catherine

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  • no healthy son

- henry liked Catherine

103
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What happened in 1527 with the annulment

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Wolsey told by henry to annul marriage with pope Clement

104
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who was the pope at the time of the annulment

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pope Clement

105
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Who did Wolsey lead the enquiry of the annulment alongside

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Cardinal Campeggio

106
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What made the case of the annulment more likely to pass in June 1529

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Wolsey joining the commission with Campeggio

107
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what made the case of the annulment less likely to pass in July 1529

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Pope took case to Rome which was now ruled by Charles

108
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What happened to Wolsey in October 1529

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charged with Praemunire and chancellorship given to Sir Thomas More

109
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what happened to Wolsey in September 1529

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Wolsey stripped of palaces in St Albans and Winchester and suspended of York Archbishopship

110
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When was Wolsey given a royal pardon and what was he given back

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Feb 1530, Archbishop of York given back

111
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In what year was Henry made King of England

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1509

112
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In what year was the Battle of Spurs and where was it

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France in 1512

113
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who won the battle of spurs

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Henry and England

114
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England wanted the 1st war with France to continue from 1514-18, but why didn’t it continue

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England couldn’t find any more countries to join them

115
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when did Catherine of Aragon give birth to Mary

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1516

116
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who was Catherine of Aragon’s first child

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Mary

117
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when did Cromwell join Wolsey’s council and become a trusted advisor

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1519

118
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where did the Field of Cloth of Gold take place

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Calais

119
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what was the title ‘defender of faith’

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it showed how strong the pope and Henry’s relation was

120
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what name was Henry given by the pope in 1521

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defender of faith

121
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who was the pope at the time when Henry was named the ‘defender of faith’

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pope Leo X

122
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when was Henry given the name ‘defender of faith’

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1521

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