Do You Accept the View That Wolsey's Domestic Policies Were Disappointing?

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Do you accept the view in Source 6 that Wolsey’s domestic policies were disappointing? Explain your answer using Sources 4, 5, 6 and your own knowledge. Sources 4 and 6 would agree that Wolsey’s domestic policies were disappointing, although Source 5 would show that the domestic policies were not disappointing as someone from an outside England and from a neutral point of view saw Wolsey in a good light. Many factors contribute to the argument such as the Amicable Grants, Eltham Ordinances, the Star Chamber Courts and Subsidies. Overall I agree that Wolsey’s domestic policies were disappointing. Sources 4 and 6 would both agree that Wolsey’s domestic policies were disappointing because they both show how Wolsey was ‘losing his touch.’ Source 4 talks about how Wolsey ‘aroused against himself the hatred of the whole country...’ This means that how the whole country began to hate him and through no fault of his own. This was fuelled even further because of the Amicable Grants he put into place in 1525. He had does this because after the French army had been annihilated at the Battle of Pavia, Henry saw this as an opportunity to invade France but the coffers were empty, so Wolsey – wanting to do anything to please his master – demanded a non-parliamentary tax and this targeted both the clergy and the laity. This is further complimented in Source 6, ‘His capacity for detailed hard work together with his creativity promised more than it delivered...’ This meant that Wolsey’s domestic policies were disappointing as they didn’t deliver as they were promised, often leaving people irritated with him including the nobility and the laity. Eltham Ordinances also had a part to play in the rising anti-Wolsey feeling going through England. Eltham Ordinances happened during the wars of 1522-1525 as it continued to keep young nobles away from the Court and on their return Wolsey
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