I. Answer the following questions:

Government and society

1. Describe the structure of society in the late Middle Ages.

2. Who was Dick Wittington?

3. What did ‘factories’ bring to Europe and England?

4. What did the word ‘staple’ mean and how did it come into use?

5. Speak n the most important factories of that time.

6. How was a new middle class developing?

7. What class could be described as the ‘literate class’?

8. Dwell on the development of Parliament at this time and its influence on different layers of society.

9. What do we understand under the following abbreviation ‘JP’

Condition of women

1. Describe the life of women in the late middle ages?

2. Speak on the marriage conditions in general and the roles of a husband and wife in different social classes.

Language and culture

1. What were the most popular forms of culture?

2. Speak about the language situation of that time.

3. What contribution did William Langland and Geoffrey Chaucer bring to the literature?

4. What was the most famous work of Chaucer? Dwell on the topic.

5. Who was the founder of Winchester School and Oxford.

6. What did grammar schools offer pupils in the future?

7. Comment on the major technical development.

PART IV

THE TUDORS

CHAPTER 10 THE BIRTH OF THE NATION STATE

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

1. to be fortunate

2. Court of Star Chamber

3. to please oneself

4. to reduce one’s income

5. to stand up to the authority

6. infancy

7. foreign and home policy

8. the Act of Supremacy

9. Protestantism

10. wandering beggar

11. keen reformer

12. to take a lead in a matter

13. prayer book

14. the selling of ‘pardons’

15. the forgiveness of sins

16. the greed of

17. unbending in policy and beliefs

18. to be inferior to smb

19. reign

20. parish

21. sermon

22. to endanger

23. to avoid open quarrels with smb

I. Answer the following questions:

The new monarchy

1. Why is the century of Tudor reign often thought as a most glorious period in English history?

2. What was Henry VII famous for?

3. How did Henry VII act in the trade?

4. What did the Court of Star Chamber deal with?

5. What was Henry’s aim towards the Crown?

6. What kind of a ruler was Henry VIII?

7. What was his policy?

The Reformation

1. What was Henry’s attitude to the power of the Church?

2. When had Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragorn?

3. Why did Henry VIII want to divorce Catherine?

4. What did the Act of Supremacy state?

5. What were the real reasons for Henry’s break with Rome?

6. What were the two main religions in England in the period between 1532 and 1536?

7. Speak about the co-operative work of Henry and Oliver Cromwell.

8. What did Henry’s separation from Rome bring to England?

9. When did Henry die and what did he leave after his death?

The Protestant –Catholic struggle

1. What was the main religion in England in the period of Edward’s VI ruling?

2. Comment on the confront of two religions.

3. When did Edward VI die and who was next to the Crown?

4. What is Mary known for?

5. Why was Mary’s marriage the mistake of her unfortunate reign?

6. Who was Elizabeth I? When did she become a queen?

7. What was her campaign towards the religion?

8. What do we understand under the word “parish”?

9. Why did the Catholic nobles want to remove Elizabeth I from the throne?

10. What had happened to the Queen of Scots?

CHAPTER 11 ENGLAND AND HER NEIGHBOURS