parliment
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- Created on: 21-05-12 13:00
Henry’s reign (1536-1547)
The Break with Rome meant that Parliament began to meet much more frequently, and played a greater role than every before – but specifically in this period, the following religious legislation:
· Parliament passed the Act of Six Articles (1539) – reconfirming Catholic doctrine
· Parliament passed the Act for the Dissolution of the Greater Monasteries (1539)
· Parliament passed the Act for the Advancement of True Religion (1543) – restricted access to the English Bible
· Parliament passed the Chantries Act (1545) – though it was never enforced
Henry did not need Parliament to agree to subsidies/taxation to provide him with funds for his foreign policy in this period, due to the money he gained from dissolving the monasteries – it had been Cromwell’s intention that the profits from this would make the government finically independent of Parliament in the foreseeable future.
Edward’s reign (1547-1553)
Social Policy/Law and Order:
- Vagrancy Act (1547)
- Repealed the Vagrancy Act (1547)
Finance:
- Parliamentary taxes raised £336,000 to try to deal with the financial deficiencies resulting from inherited…
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