KEYWORDS Flashcards
Huguenots
french protestants seen as minority in Catholic France & persecuted
Parliamentary privilege
basically legal immunity, due to lack of written Constitution, balance between prerogative and parliamentary privilege was up to interpretation
Forced loan
royal prerogative but very little monarchs used it, imprisonment of those who didn’t pay
Recusancy fines
fines imposed on those who didn’t attend compulsory Church of England (catholics or puritans mostly)
Arminianism
known as anti-Calvinism - technically protestants who didn’t favour more reformation of CofE (seen as close to Catholics)
predestination
belief that salvation was chosen by God already, not dependent on life - mostly puritans
Calvinism
major protestant denomination
Calvinism
dominant branch of Protestantism in Church of England
Feudal right
King could grant land to members of Political Nation in exchange for military service/ money
Monopoly
exclusive right to provide product/ service given out by Crown
Great Chain of Being
idea of ordered society by God, everything linked & must accept place in society
Prerogative
power of the Crown, stemming from divine right - included right to call & dissolve Parliament
Subsidy
form of economic support to aid Crown policies (warfare), came in form of parliamentary taxation
Political Nation
people who had economic, political & social influence (basically land owners) - King was the head
ante-supper
court extravagance - two feasts prepared but one was just for show
