The Fall of Wolsey (AQA A-Level History): Flashcards
📚Flashcards
Practise the cards
10 cards from this deck
ShowHide
Practise the cards
10 cards from this deck
Two main failures causing Wolsey's fall
Two main failures causing Wolsey's fall
Failure to secure divorce & collapse of anti-Habsburg foreign policy
Charles V's relationship to Catherine of Aragon
Charles V's relationship to Catherine of Aragon
Her nephew
Wolsey's papal position giving him authority
Wolsey's papal position giving him authority
Papal Legate
Catherine's decisive action in June 1529
Catherine's decisive action in June 1529
Refused court authority & appealed to Rome
Charge used against Wolsey in summer 1529
Charge used against Wolsey in summer 1529
Praemunire
Date & location of Wolsey's death
Date & location of Wolsey's death
29 November 1530, Leicester
Wolsey's social background
Wolsey's social background
Son of a butcher (humble origins)
Four main factors causing Wolsey's downfall
Four main factors causing Wolsey's downfall
Divorce failure, foreign policy failure, Boleyn faction, reputation
Modern historians' view on who held ultimate authority
Modern historians' view on who held ultimate authority
Henry VIII (though he delegated extensively to Wolsey)
Year Wolsey stripped of his offices
Year Wolsey stripped of his offices
1529