Chapter 1, Section 1- England in 1485

The Tudors - England in 1485

• Key terms:
• Arable farming - Labour intensive farming which produced crops using basic tools including ploughs
• Enclosure - The fencing off of land from open fields with the ending of all common rights over it
• Customs duties - Money paid on goods entering or leaving the country. Money came from tonnage (taxes on exports) and poundage (taxes on imports)
• Finishing - The final stages of woollen production when spun yarn is converted into cloth by weaving
• Divine Right of Kings - The belief that monarchs were ruling on behalf of God
• Secular - The opposite of sacred (worldly things, not spiritual)
• Farming
• In Southern England and the Midlands arable farming with a variety of crops was common
• In more hilly areas, livestock farming was common

Slide 2

• Cloth Industry
• English Society
• English Society

The Catholic Church

• The Catholic Church

Slide 4

• Churches within the community
• The Churches political sphere

The Beginnings of Change

• Humanism
• The invention of printing