Henry the 8th

Question 1

House of York

Answer 1

White Rose

Question 2

House of Lancaster

Answer 2

Red Rose

Question 3

Causes of the War

Answer 3

-Disputed Succession
-Breakdown of Royal Authority
-The rise of large independent noble armies
-Battles of Bosworth
-Henry Tudor defeats Richard III

Question 4

The War of the Roses took place from?….

Answer 4

1455-1487

Question 5

What is the Tudor Rose?

Answer 5

The red rose on top of the white rose

Question 6

Henry VII
20 years on the throne

Answer 6

A. Killed anyone who threatened his claim on the throne.

B. Created very few nobles, but he issued the Knights of the Garter.

C. Prevented noble marriage alliances.

D. Nobility sat on the council but the closest advisers were either clergy or gentry.

E. Personally went over state accounts.

F. Increased revenue from royal lands, customs, forced loans, and taxation. A WAY TO CONTROL THE NOBILITY.

G. Treaty of Medine del Campo (1489) marriage of Katherine of Aragon with Arthur.

H. Avoided expensive wars and enhanced trade.

Question 7

What does a garter do?

Answer 7

It’s similar to stockings, the garter would have the symbolism of the Garter.

Knight of the Garter honored people just for their lifetime rather than having it passed down.

Question 8

Arthur the Prince of Wales.

Answer 8

A. Son that marries Catherine of Aragon.

A. Married Katherine of Aragon at age 15.

B. Four months later he died, (tuberculosis, the plague, or sweating sickness)

C. A weak immune system

C. Did they consummate the marriage? (Did they have sex?)

D. Henry VII does not want to give back Katherine’s dowry, so has her married to his other son, Henry (1509)

E. Dispensation from the Pope to marry. She wanted to marry without having the marriage annulled.

F. Catherine’s only job is to produce male heirs to the throne.

Question 9

Henry the 8th comes to the throne…

Answer 9

A. Henry has been against the PR “Defender of the Faith”

-Public letters that denounce Luther.
-AGAINST LUTHER.

B. 1527, sought an annulment from his wife, Katherine of Aragon.
1. Only one child, Mary (16)

2. Catherine of Aragon has miscarriages.
3. Henry felt England’s stability depended upon a male heir.
4. Also, he fell in love with Anne Boleyn.
5. H’s Claim: Book of Leviticus, don’t marry your brother’s wife or there will be no children.
6. K’s Claim: Book of Deuteronomy, if there are no children with the brother, the other brother can marry her.

Question 10

Henry

Answer 10

A. Henry has been against the PR “Defender of the Faith”.

B. 1527, sought an annulment from his wife, Katherine of Aragon.

C. Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
- Nephew of Katherine of Aragon
- Puts pressure on the pope to deny the annulment
- Pope Clement VII rejected the divorce and did not grant the annulment.

D. Trial and Hearing in England (organized by Card, Wolsey) - the result is that the issue must be decided by the pope.

E. Thomas Cromwell is in charge of the King’s Great Matters.
1. Forget the pope, let’s do it ourselves.
2. Henry appoints his people.
3. Divorce is granted and Henry is excommunicated by the pope.

Question 11

How does Henry create an Anglican State?