18 - Impact Of Developments In Elizabeths Early Rule Flashcards

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What was the economy like when Elizabeth inherited the throne

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Difficult time for the economy
The combination of bad harvests, high mortality rates, high taxation and for many people a significant cut in real wages meant there was considerable fear of social instability

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How did the council of the north try to deal with economic/ social issues

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Tried to get the corporations of York and Hull to enforce a schedule of wage rates which had applied in 1514, and 113 labourers were charged with unlawfully high rates

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What was the Statue of artificers

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A national attempt to try and deal with economic and social issues

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What rules did the statue of artificers establish

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Compulsory labour, especially at harvest time
A minimum period on one year that workmen couldn’t leave work or be dismissed without good cause.
JP’s Setting maximum wage rates in every county

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Why was the statue of artificers not succesful

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The government lacked powers of enforcement

It was difficult for even JP’s to manage their counties

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What were the causes of poverty at the time

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Result of the increase in population
Real wages for the labouring poor were lower than they had been a century earlier
Harvest failures created food shortages

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How did contemporaries differentiate the poor

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The ‘deserving’ and the ‘undeserving’.
The deserving were to receive some limited assistant ace (this included widows and those with disabilities that prevented them from receiving employment)
The undeserving were to be punished

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How did the reformation negatively impact the poor

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Destroyed most institutions that offered poor relief

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Did government intervention help the poor in Elizabeth’s early rule

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Acts passed in —— and 1555. A further ineffective act passed in 1563 but its impact was haphazard.
Not until the 1570’s that parliamentary legislation began seriously to get to grips with the problem

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Was Elizabeth succesful in stabilising the currency

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Yes, restored confidence in teh currency which was something that both Northumberland and mary couldn’t do

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How did Elizabeth stabilise the currency

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Early in her reign announced a scheme that withdrew debased coins and replaced them with soundly minted coins.
This ensured only sound coins were in circulation and the government didnt resort to debasement for the rest of the century
Prices continued to rise but the government could no longer be blamed for the problem

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How can the protestant emphasis under Elizabeth’s rule be seen

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The appointment of new bishops

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Example of a moderate appointment by Elizabeth

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The appointment of Matthew Parker as Archbishop of Canterbury who had not been in exile during Mary’s reign.

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Traditional views of Elizabeth religiously

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Disapproved of clergy marrying, distrusted preaching and ensured the preservation of the musical culture of the cathedrals and university colleges.

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What was the queens view of the settlement

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Essentially that the settlement was merely an act of state which defined the relationship between crown and church, and it established the church’s doctrinal position conclusively

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What were the 1563 Thirty-Nine articles of religion

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Articles that sought to define the difference between the Church of England and the Catholic Church.
They were broadly supportive of reformed doctrine but they attempted a broad and comprehensive approach to traditional beliefs.