1. FLIP LEARNING The work due for today is… TASKS:
Due today:
Create a profile of Thomas Wolsey and Thomas Cromwell. Your profile should also contain points relating to:
Religion
Key actions/ achievements
Controversies
Relationship with Henry
Due next Monday:
Revision materials based on your key question
Henry VII timeline
The work due for today is…
TASK: With your partner share your information about Wolsey and Cromwell and add any information you have missing in green pen. Also read through pages and add any extra information on Wolsey.
Also, read the section ‘Duke of Buckingham’ on page 48, what does say about the type of person Wolsey was.
On your white board come up with a word to summarise Wolsey.

2. Ostentatious
Hampton Court
Jay Z and Beyoncé bedroom

3. In what ways and how effectively was England governed under Henry VIII?
Good learning:
Understand how government changed under Wolsey
Great learning:
Explain what the ‘Kings Great Matter’ was and how it lead to the downfall of Wolsey
Even better:
Evaluate how much change there was under Wolsey
Based on this weeks flipped learning and the topic of today’s lesson, what do you think the purpose of this lesson should be?
What do you need to know (facts about…)?
What do you need to be able to explain?
What do you need be able to come to a judgement on?
Key Words:
In what ways and how effectively was England governed during this period?
How important was the role of key individuals
and groups and how were they affected by developments?

4. Henry VIII’s aims
From last lesson, can you remember Henry VIII’s key aims when he comes on to the throne?
To establish his status amongst the European monarchs through marriage
To re-establish the role of the nobility
To establish himself as a warrior king through success in battle.
Question: Do you think those aims will have remained the same throughout his reign? Explain your answer.
The first 5 years of his reign saw him secure his marriage, his coronation and a momentous victory over the Scots. For better or worse, he destroyed his father’s legacy through warfare and extravagance.
Henry certainly exhibited ruthlessness and cynicism (show through his treatment of Empson and Dudley). This was a trait which was resent throughout his reign. His resort to execution for treason, often on the flimsiest of charges, combined with tyranny and insecurity in a way that completely overshadowed those positive qualities as seen in the younger king.
He also demonstrated impulsiveness in his speed to marry, not only with Catherine but also Anne of Cleaves and Catherine Howard. This impulsiveness can also be seen elsewhere, such as the decision to execute Thomas Cromwell (which he appears to regret). When combined with the sort of naivety demonstrated in his approach to foreign policy, the consequences would be potentially devastating.

5. Henry VIII and Government: thematic overview
It would be a mistake to assume that Henry VIII had a consistent approach to his aims in government. Some themes recur, especially the pursuit of glory and the need to secure the succession to the throne., but for the most part he had remarkably little interest in the business of government except on an occasional and impulsive basis. He almost always gave priority to pursuing pleasure. Yet, during his reign we see the broadening of the use of statute law (Acts of Parliament) to achieve his political ends, the resulting growing importance of Parliament, the destruction of much traditional religion and the plundering of much of the Catholic wealth. The effects on the Church, however, were almost a consequence of the break with Rome, a policy decision which would have seemed inconceivable in the first 20 years of his reign.

6. ‘Henry’s government transformed in the early years of his reign’
What happened to the Government under Wolsey?
Before we look at specific policies and reforms, we need to think about how the governing system worked under Henry VIII. Unlike his father, Henry took a more ‘hands-off’ approach and left Wolsey with the day-to-day control of government. However that was not the only thing that changed.
TASK: Read through your sheet ‘Government in Henry VIII’s early and middle years’ and make a decision on the following statement:
‘Henry’s government transformed in the early years of his reign’
Write your name on the post-it provided and place it along the continuum. You will then need to write a PEEL paragraph with your answer.
Continuity
Change

7. What happened to the government under Wolsey?
Now we need to look at specifically what happened with regards to policies and reforms.
TASK: Using the information on pages I would like you to copy and complete the following mind map. I would like you to give detail on each and also rate Wolsey’s performance out of 10.
Wolsey and Government
Legal reforms
Financial reforms
Economic Policies
Challenge:
Successes and limitations in each area
Who would criticise Wolsey and why?
Who would benefit from Wolsey’s reforms? To what extent?
In which area was he most/least successful and why?

8. What was the ‘King’s Great Matter’?
The King’s Great Matter: concerned the annulment of Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon and his desires to marry Anne Boleyn; this was a complex situation which would ultimately lead to England’s break from the Catholic Church.
The problems over resolving ‘the King’s Great Matter’ led in the short term the downfall of Wolsey and in the longer term to the establishment of the royal supremacy. This was brought about under the direction of Wolsey’s successor as chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, from 1532 by Parliament.
TASK: Create a cartoon strip that tells the story of how ‘the King’s Great Matter’ came about, what happened and the downfall of Wolsey using the information on pages and the video clips.
(TIP: read through, make a list of what will be in each box, divide up sheet and complete)
You will then need to explain how it led to the downfall of Wolsey in 1529.
Starkey on Great Matter
watch from 5.59 re Wolsey’s attempts to gain a divorce and rise of Anne Boleyn ( alternative to Starkey)

9. Overall, how much change was there to Government under Wolsey?
Not very much
A lot
Historiography of Wolsey Pg. 77???

10. In what ways and how effectively was England governed under Henry VIII?
Good learning:
Understand how government changed under Wolsey
Great learning:
Explain what the ‘Kings Great Matter’ was and how it lead to the downfall of Wolsey
Even better:
Evaluate how much change there was under Wolsey
Key Words:
In what ways and how effectively was England governed during this period?
How important was the role of key individuals
and groups and how were they affected by developments?

11. The work due in for next lesson is as follows:
FLIP LEARNING
Create a cartoon strip that tells the story of how ‘the King’s Great Matter’ came about, what happened and the downfall of Wolsey using the information on pages and watch from 5.59
Find out what the following are:
The Act in Restraint of Appeals
The Act of Supremacy
The Act of Succession
The Treason Act
The work due in for next lesson is as follows: