Somerset's government and administration
- Created by: Lucy Scott
- Created on: 11-05-16 11:00
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- Somerset's government and administration
- Privy Council made up of men who had risen to power under Henry VIII
- Used the same methods of government
- Lack of effective leadership
- Existing problems had grown worse
- Economic and financial expedients and a half hearted religious reform policy: confusion and uncertainty between landed elites and the general public
- Existing problems had grown worse
- Summary: no reforms introduced. Failed to show the leadership necessary to compensate for the absence of a monarch
- Tried to dampen down popular discontent, also he tried to continue the wars and tried to introduce religious reforms
- Didn't want to lose the support of Protestant activistts as a Catholic revival could occur: endangering his hold on power
- If he raised taxes, would be unpopular with the landed elites and taxpayers
- Didn't want to lose the support of Protestant activistts as a Catholic revival could occur: endangering his hold on power
- Tried to dampen down popular discontent, also he tried to continue the wars and tried to introduce religious reforms
- Short term problems
- Whether or not to continue the wars against Scotland and France
- Question of religious reform
- Finding ways of raising more revenue
- Long term problems
- Population was continuing to increase
- Main cause of inflation as greater demands for goods: price rose
- Threatened peoples living conditions
- More people available for employment
- Raised number of vagrants looking for work
- Population of England growing at 1% each year
- Rise of 700,000 pushing the figure from 2.3 million in 1520 to 3 million by 1550
- Wages weren't increasing
- Threatened peoples living conditions
- More people available for employment
- Raised number of vagrants looking for work
- Population was continuing to increase
- Privy Council made up of men who had risen to power under Henry VIII
- Needed to continue the war for national prestige and to retain support of the nobility
- Country would be plunged into further debt
- If he raised taxes, would be unpopular with the landed elites and taxpayers
- Tried to dampen down popular discontent, also he tried to continue the wars and tried to introduce religious reforms
- Didn't want to lose the support of Protestant activistts as a Catholic revival could occur: endangering his hold on power
- Didn't want to lose the support of Protestant activistts as a Catholic revival could occur: endangering his hold on power
- Country would be plunged into further debt
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