Key Words

Question 1

jousting

Answer 1

When knights rode towards each other with lances

Question 2

pope

Answer 2

head of catholic church

Question 3

Accession

Answer 3

The act of becoming king

Question 4

Betrothed

Answer 4

A formal engagement that could not easily be broken

Question 5

Royal Progress

Answer 5

A tour of their kingdom by a monarch & entourage

Question 6

Renaissance

Answer 6

The rebirth of old ideas

Question 7

Divine right of

kings

Answer 7

King’s believed that they had been appointed by God

Question 8

Lord Chancellor

Answer 8

The king’s chief secretary

Question 9

Archbishop of

York

Answer 9

Second highest position within the Church

Question 10

Cardinal

Answer 10

A priest of very high rank in the Roman Catholic Church

Question 11

Pope

Answer 11

Head of the Catholic Church

Question 12

. Star Chamber

Answer 12

Special law court; cases heard in secret

Question 13

Royal household

Answer 13

Henry & his family, and all the servants needed

Question 14

Privy Chamber

Answer 14

Men chosen by Henry to be his advisors.

Question 15

Royal Council

Answer 15

The king’s inner circle of advisors

Question 16

Court

Answer 16

The Household plus the King’s friends and advisors

Question 17

Parliament

Answer 17

Its main aim was to raise taxes for special occasions

Question 18

Justices of the Peace

Answer 18

Nobility who kept law and order in different areas of the country

Question 19

Enclosure

Answer 19

Areas of farmland that were being fenced off for

private use, often taken from the common land

Question 20

Subsidy

Answer 20

A progressive tax on incomes.

Question 21

Amicable Grant

Answer 21

A tax to pay for the invasion of France = rebellion

Question 22

Eltham

Ordinance

Answer 22

To tackle the misspending and bad management of the

palaces a list of rules 79 chapters long