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What are the functions of an early modern monarch?

Strong, justice, security, Prestige

What does justice mean?

Respect your people

What does security mean?

Safety of the people, not to be over throne

What does prestige mean?

widespread respect & admiration felt for someone or something on the basis of a perception of their achievements or quality

Personal Monarchy

centred on the court by the rituals and values which was deployed in the Renaissance to achieve the "imagination" of majesty

Tudor despotism

the exercise of absolute power, especially in a cruel & oppressive way

Great Chain of Being

the universe had its "place" in a divinely planned hierarchical order, which was pictured as a chain vertically extended

Sacred monarchy

connected with God or a god or dedicated to a religious purpose & so deserving veneration, religious rather than secular

Royal court

where the King lived e.g. Hampton Court

Privy Chamber

was the private apartment of a royal residence in England

Faction

a small organized opinionated group within a larger one, especially in politics

The Nobility

social class with privileges

Parliament

House of Lords & the House of Commons

Lord Chancellor

Highest political position, King's advisor

King's council

a group of people who advise the King

Privy Council

was the hub of the Tudor political system - an elite executive board, governed England under the crown

Star Chamber

was an English court of Law which sat at the royal palace of Westminster

Statue Law

written law set down by a legislature or by a legislator

Common Law

is a system of judicial supremacy (relating to administration of justice)

Canon Law

is a system of legislative supremacy (having the power to make laws)

Proclamations

a public or official announcement dealing with a matter of great importance