Henry VII

• structure

  • king
  • nobility
  • churchmen
  • gentry
  • commoners
• nobility

  • 50-60 peers
  • henry reluctant to make new peers
  • dominated land ownership
  • controlled through bonds
  • distrusted by the king
• churchmen

  • catholic country
  • pope elected by cardinals
  • duel allegiance = king and pope
  • structure: church; archbishops; bishops; abbots; priests; parish priests
• gentry

  • mere gentry = less social prestige and landowners
  • greater gentry = knighthoods and landowners
• commoners

  • 2 million
  • towns and cities - merchants and educated
  • countryside = yeomen farmers
• regional divides

  • church influence
  • difference in agriculture
  • social attitudes = north v london