Henry VII Of England

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Taylor Tibbits New monarchs in the Renaissance centralized their power politically, socially, and economically. Henry VII of England is one example of a new monarch who centralized their power politically. Henry outlawed the power of the nobility to raise armies themselves. This removed some of the nobility‘s power because they lost their military strength. But this did not stop some Yorkist nobles from plotting against him. Henry also created a new special court that was designed to put on trial those members of the nobility that broke the law. It was known as The Court of Star Chamber. It got its name from the stars that were painted on the ceiling of the room where the court met. The Judge would be the king himself. There was no jury. Henry himself would hear the evidence and decide a verdict. As often as not, the punishments that Henry gave to guilty nobles were huge fines rather than imprisonment or death. A noble‘s land and estates could be confiscated by the king. By issuing fines Henry gained much needed income and by making the nobility poorer, he weakened their power.…show more content…
Rulers still thought of their states as their property. That property could be passed on to their sons, and it could be added to by marrying into another ruling family and assuming all or part of that family's property as part of the deal. A number of such marriages took place in this period. The marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and Sicily and Isabella of Castile is one example of monarchs centralizing their powers socially. A unified Spain also was born by 1500. The key event here was the marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella, which united most of Spain under their joint rule. They used alliances to unite the Kingdom of Spain after 10 years of civil war with nobles who opposed it. They worked to reduce the power of nobles in the court, favored the lesser
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