Society under Henry VII
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- Created on: 05-05-22 13:38
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- Society under Henry VII
- Structure
- Hierarchical class system
- Commoners included servants, labouring poor and the unemployed
- The 'Great Chain of Being' was the natural order of society
- Nobility
- Consisted of 50-60 men
- Henry was deeply distrustful of the nobility
- Controlled them through bonds and recognizances
- ******* feudalism (retainers)
- Recruited knights or gentlemen to serve administrative/military purposes
- Law passed in 1487 restricting retainers
- Gentry
- Most often were landowners
- Together with peers they owned 15-20% of the country's land
- Important gentry members sought knighthoods
- 1490 = 375 knights
- Many had a coat of arms
- Most often were landowners
- Churchmen
- Important for its spiritual role within society
- Was also a great landowner
- At parish level they dealt with ordinary people
- Bishops were entitled to sit in the House of Lords
- Archbishops Morton & Fox served as royal councillors
- Important for its spiritual role within society
- Structure
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