Key Words Flashcards
jousting
When knights rode towards each other with lances
pope
head of catholic church
Accession
The act of becoming king
Betrothed
A formal engagement that could not easily be broken
Royal Progress
A tour of their kingdom by a monarch & entourage
Renaissance
The rebirth of old ideas
Divine right of
kings
King’s believed that they had been appointed by God
Lord Chancellor
The king’s chief secretary
Archbishop of
York
Second highest position within the Church
Cardinal
A priest of very high rank in the Roman Catholic Church
Pope
Head of the Catholic Church
. Star Chamber
Special law court; cases heard in secret
Royal household
Henry & his family, and all the servants needed
Privy Chamber
Men chosen by Henry to be his advisors.
Royal Council
The king’s inner circle of advisors
Court
The Household plus the King’s friends and advisors
Parliament
Its main aim was to raise taxes for special occasions
Justices of the Peace
Nobility who kept law and order in different areas of the country
Enclosure
Areas of farmland that were being fenced off for
private use, often taken from the common land
Subsidy
A progressive tax on incomes.
Amicable Grant
A tax to pay for the invasion of France = rebellion
Eltham
Ordinance
To tackle the misspending and bad management of the
palaces a list of rules 79 chapters long
