opposition motivations

Question 1

3 paragraphs

Answer 1

religious reform
economic motivations
opposition to governance

Question 2

What were the religious causes of the pilgrimage of grace?

Answer 2

Fear of dissolution
Started in Louth in 1535 where they were proud of their monasteries and royal commissioners had been arriving to start dissolution.

Question 3

What was religious opposition overseas?

Answer 3

1538 Treaty of Nice
Excommunication
Created threat of catholic crusade.

Question 4

What religious opposition was there within the court?

Answer 4

Opposition from Thomas More for refusing to swear the Succession Oath in 1534
Opposition from the Aragonese faction, including Henry Courtenay

Question 5

What religious opposition came from within the clergy?

Answer 5

Bishop JOhn Fisher refused to swear the Succession oath and was executed in 1535
Elizabeth Barton, Nun of Kent, had visions against the king, was hung in 1534
Carthusian monks also revolted, 18 had to be executed.

Question 6

what are two key examples for economic reasons for opposition?

Answer 6

amicable grant
pilgrimage of grace

Question 7

what were the economic causes of the pilgrimage of grace?

Answer 7

Cromwell had just levied a subsidy act of £80,000
There had just been a poor harvest.

Question 8

What were the economic causes of the amicable grant rebellion?

Answer 8

£800,000 in forced loans from Wolsey and Henry to fund war with France
12% inflation
Unemployment was rising

Question 9

Where was the amicable grant rebellion?

Answer 9

at least 5 counties in East and South england

Question 10

When was the Silken Thomas rebellion?

Answer 10

1534-35

Question 11

who was Silken THomas?

Answer 11

the son of the earl of kildare

Question 12

what caused the Silken Thomas rebellion?

Answer 12

resistance to centralization
kildare was worried about the redistribution of patronage from England
Fear that the reformation would reach them (it didnt)

Question 13

How can opposition to governance be linked to the pilgramige of grace?

Answer 13

Coincided with the death of Catherine of Aragon as she had just died
Clauses in the pontefract articles dealt with de-centralization.

Question 14

What 2 ways did factionalism cause opposition to the crown?

Answer 14

Henry was left open to manipulation of his own governance
Exeter conspiracy 1538

Question 15

What was the Exeter Conspiracy?

Answer 15

A conspiracy to overthrow the king led by the Courtney’s and Pole families
Had a religious aspect in wanting to restore catholicism
Also arose due to a dislike of Cromwell, in his isolation due to the fall of Anne Boleyn.

Question 16

How did factionalism have a link into Cromwell’s fall?

Answer 16

Henry was manipulated into authorising the arrest and execution of cromwell in 1540

Question 17

What caused the fall of cromwell to do with factionalism?

Answer 17

Norfolk and Gardiner spread rumours around cromwell planning to place Mary on the throne
Exploited Henry’s discontent about Anne of Cleves
Norfolk presented his daughter K Howard

Question 18

How did the foreign policy create an opposition to Henry’s government and an opposition to his crown?

Answer 18

Charles didnt like wolsey and this contributed to him refusing to split France in 1525 following Pavia
He didn’t like Wolsey due to his vulgar tirades against members of the French beurocracy and he thought he was selfish and avaricious.