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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 bureaucratic 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 changesÞincreasing 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 Secretary 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 popular method of avoiding feudal payments.
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