HARLOT. HAUGHTY. HERETIC. ------------------------------------------------- INTRODUCTION It was a fresh Friday morning — the 19th day of May on the year 1536. A crowd‚ of more or less a thousand; composed of both commoners and aristocrats‚ gathered around a scaffold. On this sea of faces‚ plunged a woman wearing under her petticoat a loose gown of damask trimmed with ermine fur. Whispers began to circulate. The woman was followed by her attendants‚ all of them weeping while she remained
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Henry VIII was born in 1491 from the second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. He ruled from 1509 to 1547 and was one of England’s most powerful rulers‚ but one of the least popular amongst the common folk. He was born in a town called Greenwich‚ England on June 28‚ 1941. Henry was the first English ruler to be educated from the influence of the Renaissance era‚ which made him a gifted musician‚ scholar‚ and composer. As a youth‚ Henry was skilled in numerous athletic sports and enjoyed hunting
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during the second French war and finally his attempts at gaining an annulment for Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. In 1515 Francis I won a victory against the Swiss‚ and so took power of Milan making him much more powerful. In response to this Wolsey set about creating an anti-French coalition via a Anglo-Spanish treaty and beginning agreements with Maximillian. Unfortunately England’s foreign policies were at the mercy of continental events so when Ferdinand of Aragon died leaving Charles I in
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THE CHURCH IN ITS EARLY STAGES * 1509- Henry became king. Church and state relations were very good (cordial). Church taught duty and obedience to king as a God-chosen man and king protected the church. * 1520- England was very much at peace with itself and relations between State and Church seemed pleasant and secure. There were however‚ other countries in Europe who decided to break away from the Catholic Church << these people rejected the Pope as the Head of the Church.
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Because of Henry’s trust in Cranmer and Cromwell‚ he replaced Cardinal Wolsey with the two‚ trusting them because of their agreement with Luther’s ideas. Cranmer eventually performed the ceremony for Henry and Anne to be married. After presenting the case to the Pope and becoming formally consecrated‚ he made sure to announce
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these holiday revels were not documented and play texts have disappeared and been destroyed‚ the actual dating of the transition is difficult. The first extant purely secular play‚ Henry Medwall’s Fulgens and Lucres‚ was performed at the household of Cardinal Morton‚ where the young Thomas More was serving as a page. Early Tudor interludes soon grew more elaborate‚ incorporating music and dance‚ and some‚ especially those by John Heywood‚ were heavily influenced by French farce. Not only were plays
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21st January 2015 How successful were Wolsey’s domestic policies? During his fourteen years of chancellorship Wolsey exercised considerable influence over Henry VIII’s domestic policy during the years 1515 to 1529‚ involving himself in economic‚ legal and church affairs. Wolsey was either loved or hated for his wealth‚ position and manner particularly by the nobility. Some of his domestic policies were relatively successful with some failures‚ but some such as Finances had an almost equal amount
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Do you agree with the suggestion in source C that Henry and Wolsey conducted an effective foreign policy in the years 1515-30? Explain your answer using sources A‚ B and C and your own knowledge (40 marks) Collectively all three sources (A‚B and C)explicitly disagree with the suggestion that in the years 1515-30 Henry and Wolsey conducted an effective foreign. However both sources A and C do have evidence in which shows significant agreement with this suggestion. Source C (by David Grossell) is
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sustain power for 15 years‚ outlasting the King‘s other advisers. Yet his fall was swift and dramatic‚ which came after his failure of obtaining Henry’s divorce from Catherine of Aragon. In regards to this‚ it seems clear that this is the reason why Wolsey fell from power‚ yet there are possible contributing factors that must take into consideration. For instance Wolsey’s failure sometimes was out of his control as Queen Catherine was Charles V’s aunt so he would never accept the annulment in fear of
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How far was Wolsey’s foreign policy defensive? Wolsey was Henry VIII’s chief adviser for fifteen years (1914-1929). He planned the French invasion in which Tournai and Therouanne were seized. He organized ‘the field of the cloth of gold’ and major peace treaties. Though to fully understand Wolsey’s foreign policies we need to know how the country was left by Henry VII to his son‚ Henry VIII. Henry VII was a cautious king‚ he spent more time writing his accounts of his expenses than he did ruling
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