Government Reform in the 1530s (AQA A-Level History): Flashcards

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Government reform in the 1530s
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Personal monarchy definition

Monarch directly involved in decision making via royal court

Bureaucratic govt definition

Specialised depts & trained officials manage routine matters

Author of 'Tudor Revolution in Govt' (1953)

Geoffrey Elton

Elton's 3 types of revolution (mnemonic C-P-B)

Constitutional, Political, Bureaucratic

Privy Council size & composition

No more than 20, mainly lawyers & bureaucrats

Court of Augmentations role

Controlled ex-monastic lands & finances

Court of First Fruits & Tenths role

Collected money formerly sent to Rome

Court of Wards role

Collected money from minors' estates (feudal right)

Act in Restraint of Appeals 1533 claim

England was an empire

Professional administrators from humble origins (examples)

Wolsey and Cromwell

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