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Edward VI reign flashcards
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- 1Who was Edward VI's first regentEdward Seymour, Duke of Somerset
- 2What were the 4 main problems of somerset's governmentFactional rivalry between seymour and his brother
Expensive wars in scotland
Western Rebellion
ketts rebellion - 3What were the objectives of the book of common prayerTo make all church services uniform, and to translate services into english
- 4What was the first major attack on traditional religion during edward's reignOn ash wednesday, bishop ridley denounced images of saints and the use of holy water, causing iconoclasm. the government then supported this with injunctions
- 5What further attack on religion came on december 1547The dissolution of chantries and other religious guilds
- 6Why was the book of common prayer 1549 thought as moderateIt had many of the same catholic services, just in english rather than latin, and many catholic elements stayed in
- 7why the book of common prayer 1549 caused religious greivancesthe language was changed from latin into english, and the language around communiton was changed to one of thanksgiving, in a break with catholic tradition
- 8When was the western rebellionEdward VI's reign, 1549
- 9What were the main causes of the Western (or prayerbook) rebellionRejection of the prayerbook, they wanted reversal of religious legislation. also, distrust between peasants and landowners, causing class antagonism .
Sheep tax also caused economic problems for the rebels - 10When was Kett's rebellionEdwards reign, 1549
- 11What were the main causes of Kett's rebellionHatred of local government officials, abuse my landowners of the foldcourse system, and not fulfilling on promises of reform by somerset
- 12How did somerset try to deal with the western rebellionhe appointed lord russell to deal with the rising, but he couldn't tackle it head on. until he fought and defeated them at clyst st mary on 4th august
- 13How was kett's rebellion dealt withThe earl of southhampton used his army to disperse the rebel camp, however he was defeated by the rebels at norwich at the 1st august, and was brutally supressed 25th august
- 14What caused somerset's fall from the regencyhis dictatorial manner was unpopular with the rest of the government, and some had disapproved at his from the start
- 15Who was edward's second regentnorthumberland
- 16why was northumberland disliked by traditional historiansHe attempted to change the sucsession
- 17How did northumberland stabilize the english economyEnded wars in england and scotland, was paid for the return of calais to the french, and by melting down church plate
- 18What caused the "flood tide of radicalism"northumberland's growing protestantism, and pressure from senior clergy
- 19why was the 1552 book of common prayer more controvercial than the previousit removed remaining catholic ceremonies, popish vestements and church music
- 20who, according to the will of henry VIII, would suceed edwardMary I
- 21which historian suggested that the idea for the devise was edwards?Dale Hoak
- 22what would the devise have done?cemented the illigitimacy of the two sisters, and named lady jane grey as the sucsessor
- 23why did the devise fail?it took northumberland three days after edwards death to name jane his sucsessor, in which time mary escaped and began building an army, possible because of the still catholic majorit.
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