society

Question 1

societal structure

Answer 1

became less feudal
nobles gained power after w of roses but now power being restricted
new yeoman class
increased social mobility esp due to £ pressure eg black death

Question 2

nobility

Answer 2

owned maj of land
50-60 men & sat in h of lords
not closed-came and went
relied upon for maintain in country
reluctant to = new peerage-distrusted
only some eg e of oxford & lord daubeney=influence
controlled thru b&r & attempts to reduce bastard feudalism (retaining) ‘86-oath vs retaining laws of 87&04

Question 3

gentry

Answer 3

below peerage -landowners in own right 
sir rev bray
sought knighthoods-abt 500
help administer localities 
mere gentry &esquires- eldest sons of knights

Question 4

commoners

Answer 4

2mil
ranged from labourers to vagrants
suffered due to enclosure and engrósame to

Question 5

churchmen

Answer 5

catholic country
had ali gen e to pope and king 
h helped appoint bishops etc ( used lawyers)
tried in church courts
parish priests looked aftr locals

Question 6

yorkshire reb ‘89

Answer 6

par£100,000 for brittany
Yorkshire =angry abt extra tax
had had bad harvest
murdered D of Northumberland when he failed to ask h to recall tax
e of surrey put it down

Question 7

urban & rural

Answer 7

90%= rural community
towns=v small Ldn-60,000
‘85-peasants=serfs and bound to landlord w little freedom
‘09- peasants can move

Question 8

regional divisions

Answer 8

h ruled thru councils
council of north, wales and ireland
regional loyalties-strong, mistrust for outsiders

Question 9

cornish rebellion ‘97

Answer 9

scots& warbeck
cornwall refused to pay for stuff in north 
15,000 involved Lord Audley
Blackheath
made h cautious abt foreign rels