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1 Monarchy & Parliament: Power, Government and Finance
Cards in this deck (24)
- 1Divine Right of KingsIdea that monarch was chosen by God
Ruler accountable only to God (not people) - 2AbsolutismIdea that King has power over laws, is above the law, and is answerable to no one
- 3Royal PrerogativeIdea that King can do and control certain things on only his own authority
- 4Royal ProclamationWay for King to pass laws without Parliament (NOT statute law)
- 5Aspects of the Royal Prerogative (8)Powers of patronage
Foreign policy
Command army
Call or dissolve Parliament
Veto laws
Pardon criminals
Control customs taxes and Crown rent
Head of Church - 6Powers of patronage (4)Appoint judges
Appoint (Arch)bishops
Appoint ministers of state
Appoint peers - 7Limits on King's power relative to ParliamentNeeded Parliament for
- taxes
- statute law - 8Term for this kind of monarchyPersonal monarchy
- 9James I's books (plus date) and beliefs on monarchyThe True Law of Free Monarchies (1598) -> Divine Right of Kings
Basilikon Doron -> King's duty to govern with justice and equality, participate actively in Council - 10Potential limits to monarch's power (5)- No standing army or police force
- Few civil servants and no bureaucracy
- Religious conflict (see Legacy of the English Reformation)
- Parliament
- The Ancient Constitution, tradition - 11Link between growth of economy and Parliament's power (4 points)Gentry becoming wealthier
Political power to protect economic power
Elected into Commons -> demanded a say
AND better educated - 12Example of active limiting of King's power1610 Case of Proclamations
Defined limitations to Royal Prerogative
King could only pass laws through Parliament
-> undermines Divine Right of Kings - 13Ancient ConstitutionIdea that common law established over centuries can't be denied or changed by one man
- 14Beginning of the Ancient Constitution (date, 3 details and key result)1215: Magna Carter
Established rights of Barons
Limited powers of King
King John (tyrannical) forced to sign
Result: Rule or law -> right to fair trial - 15Furtherance of the Ancient Constitution ('title', 3 details and key result)Development of the Commons
Tudor kings required money for wars
More than Barons could provide
Gentry had money through farming etc.
Result: Taxation with consent - 16Strongest method for passing a lawKing in Parliament
- 17Parliamentary PrivilegesFreedom of speech -> honest advice
Freedom from arrest - 18Roles of Parliament (3)Grant subsidies and extraordinary revenue
Pass statute laws
Brought grievances to King and gave advice - 19House of CommonsGentry
Few elections contested - 20House of LordsPeers
Bishops - 21Ordinary revenueKing's normal income from:
- Crown lands
- Customs taxes
- Feudal dues
- Profits of justice - 22Extraordinary revenueMoney granted by Parliament from subsidies in times of special need for the King (e.g. to finance wars)
- 23Reason for increasing power of Parliament at this timeInflation reduced value of Crown's income -> monarch more dependent on Parliament
- 24Local government (3 details/aspects)Justices of the Peace (local law and order)
Common law courts
Gentry and nobility ran local Governments
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- Revision notes on how England was governed and financed in the 1500s and 1600s
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- Jess Molyneux
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