Sucession and consolidation

Question 1

How was Henry percieved

Answer 1

handsome and vain aswell as egotistical. He loved hunting, sport and music. He displayed traits of cruelty and instability

Question 2

Henrys aims

Answer 2

• Maintaining Englands security and stability
  -Pursuit of glory and war against France
  -Preserve the Tudor dynasty

Question 3

Royal Council

Answer 3

• Archbishop of Canterbury Warham
  -Lovell as the Chancellor of the Exchequer
  -Bishop Fox as the Lord Privy Seal

Question 4

Marriage

Answer 4

Catherine of Aragon- securing marriage alliance with Spain

Question 5

Council learned in law

Answer 5

He arrested and executed Empson and Dudley( Henry VII’s financial enforcers) and shut down the Council learned in law

Question 6

Catherine of Aragon

Answer 6

• inability to produce Henry a male heir

Question 7

Children

Answer 7

• Mary- Catherine of Aragon
  -Elizabeth- Anne Boleyn
  -Edward- Jane Seymour

Question 8

Threats to line of succession

Answer 8

-Duke of Buckingham- claim to the throne- Wolsey arrested him for treason and he was executed in 1521

Question 9

The Young Favourites

Answer 9

close personal friends of Henry- influence his feelings towards Wolsey. Wolsey wanted to replace them with older, experienced men,

Question 10

Marriage of Mary and Charles Brandon

Answer 10

Secretly married on the way home from France after the death of Louis XII in 1515, Wolsey promised to negotaiate with Henry - had a one up on Charles Brandon

Question 11

Henry and Annes marriage

Answer 11

Blamed it on heridicus- Bible states its unclean to marry brothers wife

Question 12

Wolsey appearing as a rival to Henry

Answer 12

Hampton court