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1
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Who are the nobles?

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Rich landowners

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Who are the gentry?

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The middle ranks of society but still wealthy

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What was the role of parliament and finance in Tudor times?

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To get consent for taxation

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4
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What was the main source of farming?

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Arable farming

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5
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What is the ‘great chain of being’?

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That society was structured with wealth

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What is the ‘Divine right of the Kings’?

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That the monarch was chosen by god and ruling on behalf of him

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What year did Henry VII become king?

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1485

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8
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Who stole the crown off Edward V in the tower?

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Richard III

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9
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What side was Richard III on?

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York

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10
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What year was the battle of Bosworth?

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1485

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11
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Who went head to head in the battle of Bosworth?

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Richard III and Henry VII

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12
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Who did Henry VII kill in the battle of Bosworth?

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Richard III

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13
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Who did Henry VII marry in 1486?

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Elizabeth of York

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What did Henry VII and Elizabeth of York’s’ marriage create?

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A Tudor dynasty

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15
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Why was Richard III unpopular?

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He was made suspicious about the princes in the tower

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16
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Who did Henry VII live in refuge with?

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The Duke of Brittany

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17
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What were the 4 problems faced by Henry VII early on in his reign?

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Threats to legitimacy
Increasing power of the nobels
Financial struggles
Yorkist uprisings

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18
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What date was the battle of Bosworth?

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22nd August 1485

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19
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What were the Acts of Attainder?

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Laws passed by parliament seizing land and titles as punishment

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20
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What are tonnage and poundage?

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Tax on imports and goods

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21
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What is papal dispensation?

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Official permission from the pope

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22
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What is a Lord Chamberlain?

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Most senior official of the Royal Household (court)

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23
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What is being detained

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Being kept safe in the tower of London

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24
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In 1485 how many knighthoods did Henry VII give out?

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11

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25
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What was Sir William Stanley promoted to?

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Lord Chaimberlain

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26
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Why did Henry VII put his coronation before the first parliament met?

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To show that he was put in hereditary claim and in God’s will

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27
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What was the name of Henry VII first son?

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Prince Arthur

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28
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What year was the Yorkshire rebellion?

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1489

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29
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What was the root causes of the Yorkshire rebellion?

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It was to fund a war with Brittany and they didn’t want to pay for it

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30
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Who did Henry VII send to stop the Yorkshire rebellion?

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Earl of Northumberland

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31
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What happened to the Earl of Northumberland in the Yorkshire rebellion?

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He was murdered

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32
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What year was the Cornish rebellion?

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1497

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33
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What was the root cause of the Cornish rebellion?

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The funding of a war in the north that did not impact them

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Where did the Cornish rebellion march from and to?

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Bodmin in Cornwall to Blackheath

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35
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How many supporters did the Cornish rebellion have?

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15,000

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36
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What were the two popular rebellions?

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The Yorkshire and Cornish

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37
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What was the Lord and Lovell and Stafford rebellion about?

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To overthrow Henry VII and replace with an unspecified Yorkist claimant

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38
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Who did Henry VII send to pardon the rebels of the Lovell and Stafford?

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His uncle Jasper Tudor

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39
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What was the Lambert Simnel rebellion about?

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He claimed to be the Earl of Warrick and was supported by nobels

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40
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Why did the Lambert Simnel rebellion fail?

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Henry VII put the real Earl of Warrick on show

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41
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How old was Lambert Simnel?

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12

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42
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How long did the Perkin Warbeck rebellion go on for?

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8 years

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43
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Who did Perkin Warbeck claim to be?

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Richard of York

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44
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Why did Henry VII execute Perkin Warbeck and the Earl of Warrick?

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Treason and plotting together

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45
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Why did the dynastic and popular rebellions fail?

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Lack of support
Poor Organisation
Lack of alternative claimant

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46
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Why were the nobility important?

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They maintained social order, raised revenue for the crown, powerful in status and wealth

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47
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Who are the magnates?

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The most powerful nobels

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48
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What did Henry VII gave titles in return of?

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Loyalty and support

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49
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What are bonds and recognizances?

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Payment to ensure loyalty

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50
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What are the laws against retaining?

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Limiting the number of soldiers allowed per noble

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51
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What are JPs?

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Justices of the peace who maintained public order and law

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52
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Roughly how many JPs were there per country?

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18

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53
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What did Henry VII do on nobles he did not trust?

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Use a spy network

54
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What year was the Lovell and Stafford rebellion?

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1486

55
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What year was the Lambert Simnel rebellion?

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1487

56
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What year was the Perkin Warbeck rebellion?

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1491-99

57
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What year was the De La Poles rebellion?

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1501-06

58
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What is the Kings Council?

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The group of advisors that helped him make decisions

59
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What is the star chamber?

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The court system where even the highest nobles could be tried

60
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What is the royal household?

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The group of people who moved around with the king

61
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What was the role that the Kings closest confidant had?

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Groom of the stool

62
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What were the two main functions of Parliament

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To pass laws, to raise taxes requested by the kings

63
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Who sat in the House of Commons?

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Two MPs elected by nobles

64
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Who sat in the House of Lords?

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Bishops and Peers

65
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Who is the Pope?

A

Head of the Church

66
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What do Cardinals do?

A

Elect the Pope

67
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Who are the two Bishops?

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Canterbury and York

68
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How many church’s were there?

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8,000

69
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How much of the population were monks and friars?

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1%

70
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Why did people go and pray together?

A

It was more powerful than praying alone

71
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What is transubstantiation?

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When the bread and wine are transformed into the body and blood of Christ

72
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How much land did the church own?

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1/3

73
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Why did people donate money to the church?

A

To spend less time in purgatory

74
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What was Henry VII’s relationship with the Church?

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Positive as he relied on churchmen to be his advisors

75
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What is Erastiansim?

A

The King had authority over the church and the state

76
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What year did Henry VII declare obedience to the church?

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1485

77
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What is Ecclesiastical jurisdiction?

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The church had its own legal system and Henry VII had no influence on this

78
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What is praemunrie?

A

Placing the authority of a foreign power above the King

79
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What is the court of audit?

A

Monitors government spending

80
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What are feudal dues?

A

One off payments for relief, marriage and wardship

81
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What are legal dues?

A

Payment when someone appeared in court

82
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What are one off feudal dues?

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One off payments form the nobility like when his sons were knighted

83
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What are clerical taxes?

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Taxes the king could force the church to make

84
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What are parliamentary taxes?

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Taxes to grant royal polcies like war

85
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What is a miser?

A

Someone who hoards money

86
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What was stage one of Henry VII foreign policy?

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Developing dimplomacy

87
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What was stage 2 of Henry VII foreign policy?

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Successful diplomacy

88
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What was stage 3 of Henry VII foreign policy?

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Security under threat

89
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What year was the Treaty of Medina Del Campo?

A

1489

90
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What happened with the Treaty of Medina Del Campo?

A

Spain and England bethroved Cathrine of Aragon (3) and Prince Arthur (2)

91
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What year was the Brittany crisis?

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1487-92

92
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What was the cause of the Brittany crisis?

A

The french wanted Charles of France to marry Anne but the Duke arranged to marry Anne to Emperor maxmillan

93
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How many men did Henry VII send during the Brittany crisis?

A

500

94
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What year was the Treaty of Readon?

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1489

95
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What was the Treaty of Readon?

A

Breton paid for Henry to send 6,000 men

96
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What was the Treaty of Etaples?

A

Charles of France promised to not support Yorkist rebels and to pay Henry the equivalent of £5,000 a year

97
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What year was the Treaty of Etaples?

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1492

98
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What year did England join the Holy Leauge?

A

1496

99
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On what terms did Henry VII join the Holy League?

A

That he would not have to go to war with France

100
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What year was the Intercrusus Magnus?

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1496

101
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What was the Intercurses Magnus?

A

A trade treaty between England and Burgundy which resumed normal trading links after the trade embargo was placed on Burgundy

102
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What year was the end of the Perkin Warbeck rebellion in Henry VII’s foreign policy?

A

1497

103
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What did Henry VII appoint his son to?

A

Lieutenant of Ireland

104
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Who ran as Prince Arthurs deputy in the end of the Perkin Warbeck rebellion?

A

Edward Poynings

105
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What year was the Truce of Ayton?

A

1497

106
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Who was the Truce of Ayton between?

A

James IV of Scotland and Princess Maragret

107
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What year did Prince Aruthur get married to Cathrine of Aragon?

A

1501

108
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What year did Prince Arthur die?

A

1502

109
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What year did Queen Elizabeth die?

A

1503

110
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What year did Isabella of Castile die?

A

1504

111
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What year was the Treaty of Windsor?

A

1506

112
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What year was the Malus Intercursus?

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1506

113
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What is the Treaty of Windsor?

A

Philip of Burgundy had to hand over the last remaining threat

114
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What is the malus Intercursus? (J)

A

Prince Henry would marry Philip of Burgundy’s sister

115
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What year was Henry VII exclusion form the League of Cambrai?

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1508

116
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How much was cloth trade responsible for English exports?

A

90%

117
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Who were the wealthiest and influential trading company?

A

The Merchant Aventurers

118
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What was the relationship between The Merchant Adventurers and Henry VII?

A

Strong as he relied on them in negotiating peace treaties

119
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What were the navigation acts?

A

Forbade English merchants from loading their goods onto foreign ships if an English one was available

120
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In 1490 how many knights were there?

A

375

121
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What was the most important aim for the gentry with social status?

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To gain a knighthood to confirm their status

122
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Who were Yeomen?

A

They were successful farmers who were rich enough to be able to afford labourers to do the heavy farming jobs

123
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What did the Black Death from 1448 to 1449 do to the demand for land?

A

It dropped and it lead to the emergence of Yeomen class

124
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Who were below the Yeomen class in the social scale?

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Husbandmen

125
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Who are the Husbandmen?

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They kept smaller land and often had to supplement their incomes by working for the Yemomen

126
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In towns, who were the ‘middling sort’?

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Educated professionals such as lawyers and wealthy merchants

127
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What was Henry VII’s relationship with skilled lawyers and merchants?

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Strong as he relied on lawyers to help him rule the country and merchants for advice with trading

128
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What are the two types of labourers?

A

Urban and rural

129
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What was the role of rural labourers?

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Do the heavy back breaking jobs and could often graze their own animals and grow vegetables

130
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What was enclosure?

A

It was when lands were closed off from common grounds

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