Paper 1: Facts/Events/Developments Flashcards
What was the Device for the Succession?
A document naming Lady Jane Grey as Edward VI’s successor.
What were the six articles?
1 - catholic doctrine of transubstantiation
2 - bread AND wine not needed
3 - priest celibate
4 - vows of chastity
5 - private masses
6- confession.
What was the Act in Restraint of Appeals?
Made appealing to foreign power treasonous.
What was the Dissolution of the Monasteries?
Closing down of monasteries and confiscating land and wealth of them in England and Wales.
When were the dissolution of the monasteries carried out and by who?
1536-41 by Cromwell and Henry VIII.
What was the Oxfordshire Rising triggered by?
Poor harvests and unprecedented poverty.
When did the Oxfordshire Rising take place?
1596.
What was the Eltham Ordinances?
A failed reform of english court.
Who attempted the Eltham Ordinances and when?
Wolsey in Jan 1526.
What year was the first book of common prayer published?
1549.
What was the Second Statute of Repeal?
Legislation by Mary that repealed act of supremacy and all religious legislation passed in Henry VIII reign.
What was the Council of the North?
A council set up to improve conciliar justice in the North.
Who set up the Council of the North
King Richard III.
When was the Council of the North first set up?
1484.
Why was Elizabeth nicknamed Gloriana?
The poet Edmund Spenser gave this name to a character in his poem, representing Queen Elizabeth called the Faerie Queen.
