TUDORS- CHANGES TO GOVERNANCE AT THE CENTRE Flashcards
What was a Tudor monarch’s duty?
-It was believed that the monarchy was instituted by god (The king was believed to be chosen as the divine ruler by god and he ruled ‘by grace of god’)
-His duties were threefold: to keep the peace and defend the realm; to maintain the law and administer justice impartially; and to uphold the church, especially against heresy.
-embodiment of the cardinal virtues of prudence, justice, temperance and fortitude.
What was the order of social hierarchy in Tudor society?
God, The monarch, The nobility, The gentry, Yeomen and artisans, peasants, vagrants and beggars
Who is part of the nobility
Dukes, earls, viscounts, barons, lords
who was part of the gentry
Knights, esquires
Who posed the greatest threat to Tudor society?
Vagrants and Beggars
What are the five aims of the government?
-The salvation of the souls of English men and women, ensured by the church’s teachings of the right doctrine and by bringing sacraments to the people
-To defend the rights and maintain the status of the crown
-To keep peace within the realm (including the discovery and defusing of the potential and suppression of rebellions and the maintenance of the general support of the ‘political nation’.
-To defend the realm against real or potential invasions of foreign powers
-To raise enough money to enforce these considered aims (e.g confiscating lands of monasteries under henry viii)
-‘paternal interest’ in the welfare of poorer sections of society
In what way was the monarchy limited?
-Tudor monarchy was limited because it was accepted that the monarch was not only subject to God but the law. (monarch was inferior to the law)
What factors impeded or strengthened a monarchs ability to rule?
-Age (Edward was impeded by this despite his intelligence and educated protestant views)
-Sex
-Personality
-Education (influences political abilities, impeded Mary I)
-Health
Outline the physical structure of the court layout
-Divided into three compartments, the household, Chamber and New privy chamber (the traditional two were the Household and the Chamber).
What is the difference between a distant and participative monarch?
-Distant monarchs (like Henry VII and Elizabeth I) strictly limited access to the privy chambers
-However, participative monarchs (e.g Henry VIII) allowed much freer entry.
What is the political nation?
-The political nation were men who at any time took an informed interest in the government of the realm
who benefitted from patronage?
The monarch or the nobility
