A Tudor revolution in government?
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Elton’s thesis, was that Cr. Created…

· a unified, independent sovereign state

· a constitutional monarchy in which a leg. Supremacy of the ‘king in parl.’ Was acknowledged

· a modern bureacrtaic state

…this was achieved by the following reforms….

· H. was made ‘supreme head of the church in eng.’, ending papal supremacy

· eroded ancient privileges of the nobility

· used parl. Statute to bring about these changesŢincreasing the importance of parl.

· made the admin. Of gov. more efficient and bureaucratic and less dependent on the kings household

Elton believed the architect of the T.rev.in gov.,= Thomas Cromwell, through these reforms…

1529            ·Wolsey fell from office

            ·Sir Thomas Moore=Lord chancellor

            ·Ref. Parl summoned

1531            ·Convacation recognises the king as the supreme head of the church                                                                                      

1532   ·Cr. Becomes H.’s Chief Minister

1533   ·H. secretly marries AB

            ·T.Cranmer appointed Archbishop of Canterbury

            ·The Act of Resyraint of Appeals prohibited appeals from Eng. Church courts to Rome in cases concerning marriages and wills

            ·Cranmer says C.of.A’s marriage to H. is invalid and the marriage to AB=legal

1534   ·The Act in Restraint of Appeals abolished the traditional payment by newly appointed bishops of their first years income to the pope

            ·The Act of the Submission of the Clergy gave the king a veto over canons passed by convacation

            ·The Act of Supremacy acknowledged the king as the head of the church with the right to determine doctrine

            ·The Treason Act made it treason to deny the royal supremacy over the church

            ·The Act for First Fruit and Tenths demanded the payment of the first yrs income of bishops and other church officials to the crown, followed by an annual payment of a tenth of their income

            ·Cromwell became Secrtery of State

1535            ·Thomas Moore and Bishop John Fisher were executed for refusing to recognise the kings supremacy over the church

1536   ·The Statute of Uses made lands held in trust liable to the payment of feudal dues, increasing the the crowns feudal revenue by preventing a poopualar method of avoiding feudal payments.

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