Tudor Absolutism

The Tudor period in English history has been known as a golden periodof despotism, yet also as the birthplace of the modern constitutional system.During this time a dynasty of rulers beginning with HenryⅦ, HenryⅧ,ElizabethⅠ, reformed the royal institution and consolidated a well-builtmonarchy but also guaranteed the formation of a strong nation-state throughparliament and religious officials. In the 15thand 16th century many social,economic, political and other dramatic changes have taken place, which madeTudor monarchy outstanding in nature. It differs from an absolute monarchyin that it was constitutional monarchy. It was different in that monarchicalpower and parliament maintained and coordinated joint operation of theBritish political machine. The pinnacle of power for this period wascertainly the British monarchy, but royal mandate was subjected toparliamentary legal restriction. The“Tudor”also exaggerated therelationship of politics with religion. Economic and cultural aspects ofdevelopment were changed, such as: religion, further reform, and economy ofinclusion and mercantilism were encouraged to promote economic developmentwhile seeding capital accumulation. The advance of British capitalism haslaid a solid material foundation for culture, literary achievements, poetry,plays and essays all made considerable progress. For example, there was theplaywright Marlowe, Shakespeare, thinker/essayist Thomas Moore andphilosopher Francis Bacon. They all made an exceptional contribution to theRenaissance.This article is divided into three parts：Chapter One: The Tudor monarchy system was established. HenryⅦin 1485won access to the throne in the“War of the Roses”which weakened the forcesof other nobles, and by means of marriage laid the foundation for the Tudor dynasty. HenryⅧascended the throne after the“Reformation”by the Pope,which shook off the papal control of the UK. The reign of Queen ElizabethⅠhad several important factors such as religious reform policies,implementation of "expansion at sea and“slave policies”. These were usedby the UK to create the conditions needed for basic accumulation of capital,but also strengthen the position of the British monarch. So much in fact thatthe British monarchy regime was made stronger and once again the Church ofEngland was placed under the control of Crown.ChapterⅡ: performance of absolute monarchy in politics and the limitednature of kingship. The Tudor monarchy mainly involvement was mainly in thepolitical institutions and the judiciary. The central government, the newaristocracy of the“Privy Council”replaced the“Advisory Council”andsubjects; county magistrates in local government in terms of orientation wereexpanded while below the county the concentration of power was in the handsof small parish meetings. The judicial system was thus reformed to establisha series of privileges in court of law. At this time the British Monarchyreached its climax. Tudor royal absolutism, while having obvious uniquenessdid not allow for unlimited power for the Tudor in by all sectors especiallythe parliamentary laws. It is clearly different from an absolute monarchy,with the nature of capitalism present.Chapter Three: Tudor despotism according to Wang Zhaojun had a broadreligious, economic and cultural impact. The Tudor monarchy to a certainextent, promoted religious reform, yet the original accumulation of capitalhad been conducive to the development of capitalism, prosperity andsubsequent development of culture.The Tudor dynasty established a system of special performance, andaccording to impact studies, this paper concludes that the autocratic kingdomof the Tudor dynasty was a indeed a feudal monarchy, yet having some characteristic consistent with the nature of capitalism, which to some extentallowed history to develop as such. After experiencing the Tudors Britain’smedieval character gradually faded away. Britain was completely past the oldtimes, and toward the modern nation-state with grand speed.