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To What Extent Was There a Mid-Tudor Crisis? (AQA A-Level History): Flashcards

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Mid-Tudor crisis definition

Theory of profound instability in England 1547-1558

Mid-Tudor period monarchs & dates

Edward VI (1547-53) and Mary I (1553-58)

Synoptic approach meaning

Examining mid-Tudor period in broader Tudor context

Temporal perspective in history

Backward vs forward-looking analysis affecting interpretation

'Little Tudors' thesis

Pre-1950s view: Edward VI & Mary I were minor, ineffective

Somerset traditional assessment

'Good Duke' with genuine concern for the poor

Protestants burned under Mary I

Approximately 280

Revisionist view on government

Never faced serious danger of collapse

Evidence of mid-Tudor stability

Peaceful successions of Mary (1553) & Elizabeth (1558)

Mid-Tudor reforms helping Elizabeth

Financial reforms, navy rebuild, admin improvements

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Henry VII: The Establishment of the Tudors

The Rule of Henry VIII and Wolsey, 1509–29

Henry VIII: The Break with Rome in the 1530s

Henry VIII's Last Years

The ‘Mid-Tudor Crisis’: The Reigns of Edward VI and Mary

The ‘Mid-Tudor Crisis’: The Beginning of Elizabeth’s Reign, 1558–63

Elizabethan England - Queen, Government and Changing Religious Ideas

Conflict and Exploration in Elizabeth's Reign

Overview and Revision

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Henry VII: The Establishment of the Tudors

The Rule of Henry VIII and Wolsey, 1509–29

Henry VIII: The Break with Rome in the 1530s

Henry VIII's Last Years

The ‘Mid-Tudor Crisis’: The Reigns of Edward VI and Mary

The ‘Mid-Tudor Crisis’: The Beginning of Elizabeth’s Reign, 1558–63

Elizabethan England - Queen, Government and Changing Religious Ideas

Conflict and Exploration in Elizabeth's Reign

Overview and Revision

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Henry VII: The Establishment of the Tudors

The Rule of Henry VIII and Wolsey, 1509–29

Henry VIII: The Break with Rome in the 1530s

Henry VIII's Last Years

The ‘Mid-Tudor Crisis’: The Reigns of Edward VI and Mary

The ‘Mid-Tudor Crisis’: The Beginning of Elizabeth’s Reign, 1558–63

Elizabethan England - Queen, Government and Changing Religious Ideas

Conflict and Exploration in Elizabeth's Reign

Overview and Revision

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Henry VII: The Establishment of the Tudors

The Rule of Henry VIII and Wolsey, 1509–29

Henry VIII: The Break with Rome in the 1530s

Henry VIII's Last Years

The ‘Mid-Tudor Crisis’: The Reigns of Edward VI and Mary

The ‘Mid-Tudor Crisis’: The Beginning of Elizabeth’s Reign, 1558–63

Elizabethan England - Queen, Government and Changing Religious Ideas

Conflict and Exploration in Elizabeth's Reign

Overview and Revision

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