How did the Tudors maintain authority?

Aims

• To understand the methods used to maintain authority in Tudor England

• To understand the difference between Formal and Informal authority

• To examine what could challenge this balance of authority

• To understand why Tudor authority relied on maintaining the status quo in Tudor Society

How do we maintain authority?

• Draw a picture of a method of maintaining authority which is used in today’s society

• Swap this with some one else in the room.

• Review

How did the Tudor’s maintain authority?

JPs

No Private Army

Divine Right of Kings

Military skill

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Coinage

Royal Proclamations

The Church

Treason Laws

Family structure

What was the difference between formal and informal authority?

Which were the most important?

What could change or challenge this balance?