What was the Mid Tudor Crisis - And Was it Really a Crisis? 

Erin Hobbs Good luck!

Haha cheers man!

This is the best PowerPoint I’ve seen in a long time.

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Thank you for your kind words! I made it when I was studying for my A-Level exams but it's great to see people are still watching it and learning from it :)

@@historywithhilbert146 that is funny because I watched it because I will Be taking my A-Level in 2 weeks.

How did it go? I have my mocks soon

amy jobe it's rubbish don't listen to a word or you'll fail

Was that the Earl of Suffolk?

Yes

Cheers lad - and best of luck with those exams! Keep reading around your subject for extra information and pay attention to the feedback you get on essays and you'll absolutely nail them ;)

Vinsk _ LAD

Hahaha, shame Hilbert hasn't seen your comment, yet

Cheers Thomas! It's an interesting period!

Thanks! I'll check em out!

A good way to bring in complexity is to look at in which aspect it should or should not be considered a crisis and to compare it to both before and afterwards depending on the date range with some including the post 1536 reign of Henry VIII right the way through to 1571 in the reign of Elizabeth I as part of this crisis. Perhaps some points to consider: Economically: Somerset debased the currency due to his Scottish wars. But then Mary reformed the taxation system which was kept into the reign of James I after Elizabeth. Socially: There was religious upheaval and rebellion in quick succession with the Western Rebellion and the Kett's Rebellion both in 1549 and then Wyatt's Rebellion in 1554. But if you look at Henry VII he had 4 rebellions in two years from 1495 to 1497 (Perkin Warbeck's Landing in Kent in 1495, Perkin Warbeck's Scottish Invasion and attempted rebellion in Northumberland in 1496 and the First Cornish Rebellion and the Second Cornish Rebellion involving Perkin Warbeck both in 1497.) Religiously: From 1547 the nation's religion changed from being relatively Protestant and more Anglo-Catholic under Henry VIII to very strictly Protestant under Edward VII to very strictly Catholic under Mary with burnings of heretics to back to lightly Protestant again under Elizabeth all in the space of 11 years. But compare this to the continent where the Dutch would within a decade be fighting the Spanish tooth and nail over largely religious matters, or the French whose religious wars would claim some 2 million lives with the Huguenots and Catholics or the barbarism of the Spanish Inquisition during this same period. Foreign Policy: There is continuity here in that the main enemy for the entire period was the French (with the Scots attached to that) from Henry VIII who had them as his main enemy, even Henry VII had fought the French more than anyone else in the Breton Crisis, Edward VII under Somerset of course had the war in Northern France (siege of Boulogne) and in Scotland (with his forts that cost him so much), and while the Duke of Northumberland made peace with them both in 1550 although within 5 years after Mary's marriage to Philip II of Spain who was at war with the French the English were too which ended with the loss of Calais in 1558, and it's only under Elizabeth after the Treaty of Edinburgh in 1560 that war with France stopped - so you see there is rather a lot of continuity here suggesting a certain stability in foreign policy at least. Anyhow, hope that's somewhat useful for you! My main point here is that you can argue both ways but that in some ways it was a crisis and in others it's really not that bad when compared to the world at that time or when contrasted to both the Tudor monarchs before and after. Argue what you feel most comfortable with, if you have more evidence pointing towards it being a crisis and that things were terrible argue that point or vice versa, but make sure to include this kind of complexity when you conclude and it shows that you have your balance in there! Best of luck!

@@historywithhilbert146 goodness gracious, you wrote his Homework for him :D

Glad you found it helpful! Got a few more videos on the Tudors if you're interested.

People didn't much care whether other people read the Bible in English or not. But they objected when the services of their church were radically changed in form, language, and doctrine.

Henry VIII was actually a good father towards Edward, in terms of having a King for a father anyway

I mean a lot of people watching this probably know about that and if they don’t they can learn about it elsewhere

And he had a son with Catherine of Aragon, Henry Duke of Cornwall, who died aged 52 days old. However, Hilbert was talking about who'd succeed Henry VIII, & by then only 1 of his sons was alive; luckily a legitimate one.

nahte armystrong Where is that

11:47

Guess I should time my calls better next time XD

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J'aime vous.

He had 3- Edward VI obviously, Henry Fitzroy with his mistress Bessie Blount, & Henry Duke of Cornwall, who only lived 52 days, with Catherine of Aragon. Plus 3 stillborn sons- 2 with Catherine of Aragon, & 1 with Anne Boleyn. However, I took Hilbert's meaning to be, a legitimate son who outlived Henry, since he was discussing the succession.