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Henry VII (Government (Finance in government (Sources of income…
Henry VII
Government
Local government
JP's: law and order, small areas of control, increased
Regional government
Council in Wales (Jasper Tudor), council of the north headed by a Yorkist, spy network on nobles
Privy Chamber
Introduced as personal monarchy approach. Empson, Dudley, Morton, Bray as key legal advisers
Privy Council
Function: conciliar gov used, permanent body, no factional rivalry e.g. Morton
Council learned: w/o parliament, made bonds and recognizances work, raised finances from nobility: Empson and Dudley and Bray
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Finance in government
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Sources of income
Extraordinary revenue: taxes for campaigns, lots of money left for H8
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Social and Economic
Society
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Prosperity and depression: prices steady; depression in cloth industry 1493-96; decline in export prices
Economy and Trade
Cloth trade w/ the Netherlands: 90% of value of English exports; merchants of the staple (Calais); Merchant Adventurers; Embargo
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Hanseatic League: Europe's commercial axis; supported by Henry VII at sacrifice of English tradesmen
Humanism
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Renaissance and Golden Age: gothic perpendicular style of buildings; drama and music influenced by church
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Religion
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Religious orders: little need for church reform; churchmen as House of Lords; belief in transubstantiation
Establishing Control
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Rebellions
Lovell and Stafford 1486: minor, showed H7's power
Yorkshire tax 1489: tax from Brittany campaign, Earl of Northumberland killed
Cornish 1497: marched to Blackheath, Scottish tax, more rebels
Consolidation of power
Marriage to Elizabeth: Yorkist, united houses of Y and L
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Acts of Attainder: used against yorkists, increased income
Capture of power
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Aims: Peace, keep throne, military success, consolidate power
Bosworth: predated reign, usurped throne from Richard III
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