Tudor Revolution in govt? Flashcards
What did Elton suggest was the essential ingredient of the Tudor Revolution? (for)
‘the exclusion of the papal authority to extend the royal authority.’
Why did Cromwell use the break with Rome? (for)
he used it to extend power across the kingdom through the Act of Union with Wales and Act against Liberties and Franchises.
What did Cromwell state in the Act in Restraint of Appeals in 1533? (for)
‘England was an empire and everyone owned the King total obedience’. it set up the argument that Englishmen couldn’t appeal to Rome to give judgements in religious cases. he suggested that England was an independent political body. the aim was to not limit power of the magnates but to provide consistent application of the law.
What about the power of the monarchy disproved the theory of a Tudor revolution?
1) govt focused on the individual
2) impact of reformation on England’s image abroad was minimal
3) Pope seldom hardly had any day-to-day involvement in decision making and control in England.
4) Rome rarely appealed to for legal decisions.
What about the Court and Privy Chamber prove the theory of a Tudor Revolution?
1) Cromwell created financial institutions alongside Privy Chamber to manage revenues
2) 1515 = group at court called King’s Minions. regular members of the Privy Chamber.
3) Privy Chamber had a greater importance
4) decrease in political importance of the Chamber by 1540s. direct result of the increase of the Privy Council
5) assumed greater importance under H8 in 1515 through Wolsey.
What about the Court and Privy Chamber disproved the theory of a revolution?
1) it was recognised that the PC was an important part of the systemand continued to work through it
2) Privy Chamber was a vital political power centre
3) Elton argues that Cromwell reformed it therefore it wasn’t a revolution, as there wasn’t a change, more a reform.
What about the Privy Council prove the theory of a revolution?
1) more professional
2) contained fewer people, no more than 20 members.
3) Elton states that Cromwell created it “between 1534 and 1536 as a conscious act of adminstrative reform”.
4) Eltham Ordinances of 1526 = Wolsey helped to streamline govt administration. decrease cost of royal household.
5) Wolsey developed Star Chamber which was used to attract members of nobility and local officials.
What about the Privy Council disproved the theory of a revolution?
1) failure to reform judicial system completely - Wolsey’s schemes were not followed through - didn’t make any institutional changes
2) historians argue these changes didn’t begin till after Cromwell’s death.
What about govt finance proved the theory of a revolution?
1) Court of Augmentations - controlled land and finance
2) Court of General Surveyors - handed ex-monastic land and joined with Augmentations
3) Court of First Fruits and Tenths - collected money previously sent to Rome
4) Court of Wards - King feudal right to collect money from estates of minors, under 21.
What about govt finance disproved the theory of a revolution?
1) vast and complex
2) no changes under Wolsey and Cromwell didn’t overhaul it
3) privy chamber still important
4) reformation important for changes NOT Cromwell.
What about the role of Parliament proved the theory of a revolution?
1) used Parliament to enact legislation needed to legalise break with Rome
2) strengthen royal authority in outlying regions
3) used Parliament unlike his predecessors
4) needed status of statute law to strengthen changes he was making in church and govt.
5) abbots disappeared after dissolution of monasteries.
6) number of peers increased to 55 by 1534.
7) According to Elton, Cromwell increased the use of Parliament.
What about the role of Parliament disproved the theory of a revolution?
1) parliament made progress before and after Cromwell
2) still dependent on King
3) increase in power was temporary
4) occured only so that H8 could enact religious changes
What about social reform proved the theory of a revolution?
1) Cromwell was a ‘far sighted social reformer’
2) many plans for social reforms
3) plans for schools and creating new diocese
HOWEVER most plans didn’t reach the statute book.
What about local reform proved the theory of a revolution?
1) greatest contribution - reconstruction of local govt
2) more centralised
3) Union of England and Wales 1536 - vision of a unitary state
4) Abolition of Palatine of Durham 1536
5) 1536 Act attacking liberties and franchises
