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Society
Churchmen
However, Church influence was all pervasive and the church even had its own courts. All clergy were tried in these, as were those convicted of religious crimes such as adultery
Archbishops, bishops, and the abbots of larger religious houses were such important figures that the king intervened in their appointments
The pope was elected by cardinals, under home came the archbishops; in England, there were two archbishops, Canterbury and York
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Henry VII ensured that he had men of administrative ability as archbishops and bishops and preferred men with legal training e.g the royal councillors, Morton and fox
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At the parish level, curates and presets dealt with the spiritual needs of ordinary people, living modestly.
Regional divisions
Social attitudes ( people in London may see northerners as less refined; northern might envy southern wealth at the time)
Government structures: there were separate councils for the north of England, wales Ireland and the welsh marches; nobles also had considerable influence across coutnruy boundaries. Some areas such as the county palatines of Chester and Durham, enjoyed considerable independence
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demographic differences - the sparsely populated rural areas to the north/ west of an imaginary line from the tees estuary to Weymouth contained a quarter of the population, while three quarters lived in more densely popular counties to the south/ east of that line
Linguistic and cultural differences with the UK, most particularly in wales Cornwall and Ireland
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In an age of limited travel ,regional loyalties were strong and officials appointed by or sent from London could be resent as outsiders. However the sense of a single English identity would have seem to have been relatively strong at this time
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Nobility
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However henry VII distrusted the nobility as a class, as was reluctant to creat new peers
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Henry controlled the nobility through bonds and recognisances. He also sought in a law of 1487 to limit their power: this restricted the practice by which wealthy magnates recruited knights and gentlemen know as retainers to serve them as administrators or for miliairty purposes
The nobility dominated land-owner ship,
Gentry
The greater gentry- often great landowners in their own right, some sought knighthoods to confirm their social status
Esquires and mere gentry- these were fear more numerous and had far less social prestige than the great gentry. They too were landowners and both groups might be office holders
The gentry ( around 500 knights, 800 esquires and 5000 gentlemen in 1500) comprised of:
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Summary
under henry VII, internal peace was generally maintained, and the various pretends and claimants were unable to attract much support
The two rebellions of the reign, the Yorkshire rebellion, and the Cornish rebellion however were exceptional however still easily supressedn
Socially , England remained broadly stable in this period
Commoners
Towns and cities
Next were shopkeepers and skilled tradesmen ( influential in borough corporations, guide and confraternties)
Lastly, unskilled urban workers and apprentices, beggars, and prositutes were at the bottom of the heichary for peasants
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Countryside
Next where husbandmen, richer peasantry ( who had bought or rented their own farms )
Lastly, where laboring peasants without land ( these were insecure- as the relied on selling their labour; and beggars, and vagrants
Whereas in the countryside, yeoman farmers were at the top of the heigharcy
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King
Nobility
Owned land, dukes earls and barons; part of goverment
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