Last years of Henry VIII
- Created by: Katie
- Created on: 19-05-13 14:43
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- Henry's last years: crisis?
- Finance
- Inflation resulted in 1549 rebellions
- Huge poverty and debt from wars
- Forced to sell crown lands
- Resulted in need for debasement
- No tax required since Pilgrimage of Grace
- Foreign Policy
- Cost of battles
- £2 million
- Mary Q of S fleeing to France
- Victory in France & Scotland
- Threat from King of France
- Cost of battles
- Religion
- Act of Supremacy punishable for treason (death)
- Dissolution of Monasteries & shrines
- Both cons. and refs. on Privy Council -tension
- Edward was a protestant
- Ambiguous policies
- Six articles brought back conservative ideas
- 1543 ONLY landowners read the bible in English
- Not women
- More reformers on council than cons.
- Faction and Succession
- Removal of Norfolk, Gardiner
- Protection of Cranmer, Catherine Parr
- Edward only a minor
- Regretted removal of Cromwell
- Inconsistent council - reformers and conservatives
- Personal and conciliar rule
- No chief minister
- Crisis would have been easily triggered
- Strongly religious people with political power
- Finance
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