Karteikarten
the kingdoms of britain in 1603
Karten in diesem Stapel (32)
- 1stuart agethe period 1603-1649 and 1660-1714 when stuart monarchs were on the throne.
- 2inflationa sustained price increase with a fall in the value of money.
- 3gentrythe class of landowners ranking just below the nobility.
- 4justices of the peaceunpaid members of the gentry who enforced government decisions and acted as judges to lesser crimes.
- 5titheone-tenth of a farmer's produce which was due to the church to pay the priest so he could give assistance to those in need.
- 6commonwealthoften used to describe england and it's people. it links back to the idea of the 'common weal' or pubic good.
- 7broadclotha type of heavy, dense cloth which was shrunk after weaving to make it thicker.
- 8royal perogativethe king's power to act on his own authority without reference to others. it included control of foreign policy, war and peace, regulation of overseas trade and of the coinage, and the pardoning of criminals.
- 9protestantthe churches which had broken away from the catholic church in the sixteenth century.
- 10common lawlaw established by long custom through the decisions of courts.
- 11statuatea law passed by parliament.
- 12proclamationa public statement of the king's wishes, which had less force than a statuate.
- 13privy councillorsmembers of the privy council who were both advisers and administrators.
- 14gentlemen of the chamberthe personal attendants on the king who performed apparently menial tasks , such as helping the king to dress, yet had great influence.
- 15subsidythe main form of taxation, based on a fixed system of assessments. over time, the value of the subsidy decreased.
- 16supplytaxation granted on an occasional basis to support the monarch's needs.
- 17kirkthe scottish church
- 18presbyterianisma system of church government w/o bishops, which gave responsibility to individual congregations who chose their own ministers and elders. placed more emphasis on the bible than tradition.
- 19lord lieutenantthe monarch's representative and head of the government in ireland.
- 20roman catholicthe only accepted form of christianity in western europe prior to the reformation in the 16th century which introduced protestantism. catholics and protestants tended to regard each other with suspicion or even hatred.
- 21plantationgovernment backed settlement of protestant emigrants from england or scotland (into ireland).
- 22exchequerthe government office responsible for collecting revenue and making payments. it was run by the chancellor of the exchequer.
- 23ulsterthe area of ireland where, since tudor times, the english government pursued a plantation policy of dispossessing catholic peasants of their lads and giving them to protestant settlers.
- 24regenta person appointed to run the state when the monarch cannot do so because of either youth or illness.
- 25favouritea young man with a close relationship to the king who received many gifts of land, titles and money.
- 26book of rateslisted the customs duty payable on specific items. it was periodically revised. the last revision had been in 1558.
- 27papal bulla formal proclamation issued by the pope.
- 28excommunicationbeing excluded from the services and membership of the church. catholics believed that excommunicants would go to hell, if they did not reconcile themselves to the church first.
- 29recusancy finespayable by people who did not regularly attend the sunday services in their local parish church. in practice this was a fine for being catholic.
- 30puritansmembers of the anglican church who wished to purify it of the last vestiges of catholic worship. including an end to the ring in marriage, signing the cross at baptism, bowing at the name of jesus and wearing vestments.
- 31baptismthe service by which babies became members of the church, as symbolised by being sprinkled with water.
- 32communionservice of the church at which members received bread and wine, representing christ's body and blood. important to catholics because of their belief in transubstantiation. protestants and puritans gave it less importance.
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