Questions for Unit 6 (Absolutism and Reformation)

1. Compare mercantile capitalism in 12th century Northern Italy with mercantile capitalism in 16th century England. Why did the former coexist peacefully with feudalism? Why did the latter result in the ultimate overthrow of feudalism?
2. How did the Reformation come to England?
3. Who were the Old English (Irish: Seanghaill) in Ireland? Who were the New English?
4. “I may have the body of a weak and …”. Complete the quotation. Who said it? When? Why did this person never marry? What consequences did that have for the later history of Britain?
5. The Spanish Armada —what, when, where, why, how, and by whom?