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Section 4 Flashcards

1
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How old was Edward VI when he was crowned?

A

9

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2
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When was Edward VI crowned?

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31st January 1547

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3
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Who was delcared Protector in 1547?

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The Duke of Somerset

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4
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When was the Battle of Pinkie and who led it?

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September 1547; Duke of Somerset

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5
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When does Northumberland launch a coup against Somerset?

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October 1549

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6
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What does Northumberland become in 1550?

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Lord President of the Privy Council

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When was the treaty of Boulogne and which Duke made it?

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1550; Northumberland

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8
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When was Somerset executed

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1552

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9
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How did Somerset try to solve the financial crisis?

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Debasing the coin and increasing taxation (on sheep)

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10
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Describe the Vagrancy Act (1547)

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Any able-bodied person who was out of work for more than three days was branded with a V and sold into slavery and their children would be removed and placed into apprenticeships

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11
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When was the Vagrancy Act?

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1547

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12
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What proclamation did Somerset introduce that inadvertently exacerbate the economic problems in the countryside?

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Enclosure

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13
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In what year did Somerset kidnap the king and where did he take him?

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1549; Windsor Castle

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14
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Who was set the task of solving the economic problems under Northumberland?

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William Cecil and Thomas Gresham

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15
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What was enclosure?

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Fencing off land for private use and preventing it being used by anyone to graze their sheep

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16
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What did Henry do to ensure that Edward would not suffer the same fate as the princes in the tower in the last century?

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Coronation to take place soon after his ascension and a balanced Privy Council

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17
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Who did Somerset target for marriage for Edward to ensure the succession?

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Mary, Queen of Scots

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18
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How many marks did England secure for the return of Boulogne to France as part of the 1550 Treaty of Boulogne?

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400,000

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19
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What unpopular laws and practices were repealed by Northumberland in response to the 1549 rebellions?

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Vagrancy Act; sheep tax and the enclosure commissions

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20
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When was the First Book of Common Prayer, and what act required all members of the clergy to accept it?

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1549; Act of Uniformity

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21
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What did the First Book of Common Prayer include and exclude?

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Mass in English and communion in two kinds; no transubstantiation

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22
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When was the Second Book of Common Prayer?

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January 1552

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23
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What did the Second Book of Common Prayer include?

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Iconoclasm, a fully reformed doctrine and liturgy, predestination and removed Catholic beliefs

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24
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When were the 42 articles and why were they not confirmed by Parliament?

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1552; Edward died in 1553

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Who wrote the 42 articles and what did they include?

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Cranmer; Justification by faith and predestination

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26
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When was the dissolution of the chantries?

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November 1547

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27
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When were the six articles repealed?

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During the Parliament of 1547

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28
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What is iconoclasm?

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The destruction of images

29
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What were the three periods of religion during Edward VI’s reign?

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Destruction of Catholic beliefs (Somerset)

limbo (Somerset)

Introduction of Protestant beliefs (Northumberland)

30
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Who were the two Protestant theologians that inspired Cranmer during Edward’s reign?

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John Calvin and Zwingli

31
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When was the Reformatio rejected by Parliament and why?

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1552; it suggested that the reformed Church under Cranmer was threatening the power of the state

32
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Who is responsible for directing the transformation of England to a truly Protestant nation between 1547-1553?

A

Thomas Cranmer as Archbishop of Canterbury

33
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What crimes were no longer punishable with the repeal of the Treason Act in 1547?

A

Heresy

34
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What were stone altars, signifying the sacrifice of the Eucharist to be replaced with from 1550?

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A wooden table

35
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As well as a Second Act of Uniformity what else was there to ensure conformity to the new Protestant faith of the church?

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A new Treason Act

36
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What was the status of the English Bible in during Edward’s reign?

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All churches ordered to have copies and accessible to all

37
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What was introduced by Cranmer in 1552 setting out the theology of the church?

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The 42 articles

38
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What events started the Western rebellion?

A

William Body enacting iconoclasm, the dissolution of the Chantries and the first book of common prayer

39
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When did the Western rebellion begin?

A

1549

40
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Who dealt with the Western rebels and when?

A

Lord Russell; 28th July 1549

41
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How many men did Lord Russell have and how many rebels were executed after the Western rebellion?

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8000; 4000

42
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What started Kett’s rebellion?

A

A play about Thomas Beckett

43
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When was Kett’s rebellion?

A

1549

44
Q

Whose property was attacked by Kett on the 6th-8th July 1549?

A

John Flowerdew

45
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Who defeated the Kett rebels and when?

A

The Earl of Warwick; 27th August 1549

46
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How many men did the Earl of Warwick lead against Kett’s rebels?

A

12000

47
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Which rebellion marched under the five wounds of Christ?

A

The Western rebellion

48
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Which rebellion was more economic and political?

A

Kett’s rebellion

49
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How many of Kett’s rebels were arrested?

A

3000

50
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When was William Body killed by and who led the mob?

A

1547; a priest

51
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What did Kett’s rebels do after destroying John Flowerdew’s property?

A

Destroyed the hedges used for enclosure

52
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Why was 1549 known as the year of the many-headed monster?

A

There were many rebellions which destroyed the hedges meant for enclosure as this restriction on traditional sources of food coincided with inflation making these comodities expensive to buy

53
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What was the Western rebellion also referred to as?

A

The Prayer Book rebellion

54
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When were traces of religious discontent first noted in Cornwall and who was charged by the government to restore order to the region?

A

1547; Lord Russell

55
Q

What was the name of the priest and rebel that was executed in Exeter?

A

Robert Webb

56
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What were the rebellions of Norfolk and Suffolk mostly concerned with?

A

Enclosure

57
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What was the attitude of Somerset to the rebels?

A

Sympathetic

58
Q

Who did Edward choose to succeed him and why?

A

Lady Jane Grey; she was Protestant

59
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What was Lady Jane Grey’s claim to the throne?

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Edward’s second cousin

60
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Why did Northumberland suggest Jane Grey as Edward’s heir?

A

His son was married to her

61
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How old was Jane Grey when she was proclaimed queen?

A

15

62
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What Act of Succession from 1544 did Henry ensure the line to go to Mary in the event of the death of a childless Edward?

A

Third Act of Succession

63
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Edward was fearful of the reversal of his Protestant changes to the throne if Mary came to the throne. Did the Privy Council support or not support this view?

A

Support

64
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What was the ‘Devyse?’

A

A statement of the changes to the succession by Edward, excluding Mary

65
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How long was Lady Jane Grey the Queen of England?

A

9 days

66
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How large was the force mustered by Northumberland in support of Queen Jane?

A

3000

67
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What was the reason for East Anglia’s support for Mary?

A

Religious and anger at Northumberland treatment of the 1549 Kett rebels

68
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Before his execution, what did Northumberland request?

A

That he confesses his sins to a Catholic priest

69
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After initially sparing Lady Jane Grey and Guilford from execution, what persuaded Mary to change her mind?

A

The Wyatt rebellion

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