Tudor Society
- Created by: Himee Senanayake
- Created on: 31-05-18 10:56
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- Tudor society
- 1) The monarch and the church
- The king and the church ruled English society.
- The king believed he had been appointed by God and ruled by divine right.
- The church had its own hierachy: cardinal, archbishop, bishop and priest.
- 2) The nobility
- powerful landowners who had their own hierarchy: dukes, earls, barons and knights.
- 3) Gentry and merchants
- had positions of power in the countryside, where they enforced the king's laws
- Merchants had positions of influence in towns and cities and owned lots of property
- 4) Yeomen and highly-skilled craftsmen
- Yeomen = farmers who owned land and were 'freemen'.
- highly-skilled craftsmen = worked in towns and were quite wealthy
- 5) Tenant farmers and skilled tradesmen
- Tenant farmers = rented enough land to live on, usually from a yeoman or member of the gentry.
- Skilled tradesmen = carpenters, stonemasons and tailors
- 6) Labourers and unskilled workers
- menial jobs on farms or in towns
- 7) Vagrants, homeless and unemployed
- 1) The monarch and the church
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