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Consolidation of Authority 1509-1512 (Social (Enclosure (Taken from the…
Consolidation of Authority
1509-1512
Foreign Policy
Ally
Spain
Marriage of Arthur to Catherine of Aragon
War
France
Reassert English claim
Against the Kings council advise
Mostly old men
Risky
Costs money
Solvent
War chest
£1.5 million
Religion
Church corruption
Nepotism
Breaking celibate laws
You can buy your way into heaven
Endemic
Part of everything in the church
Anti-clericalism
Not happy
More vocal
Cities
Ports
Printing press
Increase in literacy
Simony
You can buy your way into a job
Pope
Leo X
Alex VI
Chestnut orgy pope
Henry cares deeply about it
He reads the bible daily
Secure but blind
Secure at the beginning of his reign
Catholic
Defender of the faith
Attacks Protestant reforms in Europe
Lollards
Early heretic group
Believe in the vernacular bible
Richard Hunne
Did not pay for the funeral for his son and so was arrested and murdered in prison
Social
Henry doesn't care about his people
Enclosure
Still a problem
Taken from the commons and given to people
'Sheep ate men'
Population growing
Inflation increase rapidly
Wages were not keeping up with the taxes
Tinderbox
Worry
Bad harvests could tip the scales
Taxes could tip the scale
Lack of a rebellion
Stable
Dependent on the cloth trade with Burgundy
Economy ticking over
Political
Empson and Dudley
Executed on 17th August 1510
Used murder as a tool to make himself popular
Part nobility
First act
Edmund, Earl of Suffolk was a threat
1513
Doesn't take responsibility
Asserts dominance
Not his father
17 when he became king
Youthful and arrogant
Sacks his counsel ASAP
Pro war
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Replaces them with his friends
They always agree with him
Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber
Charles Brandon
Henry Norris
William Compton
Lower status
Easier to control