HIS 353
Tudor-Stuart Britain
Fall 2004
Dr. Sayegh
MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE
The midterm is comprised of short answers and a longer conceptual essay that will ask that you
integrate readings, film, discussion and lecture in your response. Please bring an 8 ½ x 11 blue
book to class. The test is on 14 October 2004.
Identifications—7 of the following terms will be on the examination. You will be expected to
write about 5 of them. In these responses, you should link the term to the broader significance of
Tudor history. (10 points each; 50 points total)
Cardinal Wolsey
Thomas Cromwell
"The King's Great Matter"
Richard Riche
Richard III
Utopia
Star Chamber
Præmunire
Tudor Rose
Bosworth Field
Elizabeth of York
Great North Road
Act of Uniformity, 1549
Act of Succession, 1534
"Nine Days a Queen"
Pilgrimage of Grace
Robert Aske
Wyatt's Rebellion
"Gloriana"
Prayer Book Rebellion
Long Essay—one of the following will appear on the examination. Your response to this
question should be well organized, thoughtful, and complete drawing from lectures, discussions
and readings. (50 points)
The Tudor monarchs were resolutely concerned with succession—that is, with keeping the young
Tudor line intact, or at the very least, preserving English society from social instability. Write an
essay examining the issue of legitimacy to rule and rights of succession from the reign of Henry
VII to Queen Elizabeth I. In this essay, consider the following:
*Henry VII's claims / arguments to rule;
*Henry VIII's claims for secession from the Roman Church;
*Edward and Mary's arguments for proper religion in monarchy;
*Queen Elizabeth's issues of marriage and social stability
Political and social struggle against the Henrician Reform occurred on many levels of society—
from the rooms of Parliament to the roads of the North and Southwest. Even after Henry's death,
the consolidation of the Reformation on English life was hardly complete resulting in many
popular rebellions. Discuss the English Reformation and the reasons why so many in the
populace from so many levels of society argued against its adoption. What problems precluded
the uniform acceptance of the new church throughout the century?
The construction of a strong monarchical image was central to Queen Elizabeth's successful
reign. Elizabeth was a young, single woman, and while recognized in Henry's will as a legitimate
heir, she, like Mary before her, was a "bastardized" heir. When she assumed the throne after her
sister's death, she was both immediately hailed and decried, and such polarization of popular and
political opinion continued throughout her reign. Based on the lectures and the readings, examine
the ways in which Elizabeth fashioned her identity for political purposes, and then examine the
ways in which that identity was both legitimized by events and scrutinized by observers.