44. The Role Of Gender Flashcards
What act was there about gender?
The 1554 act concerning regal power
What did the 1554 act concerning regal power say?
Said that royal authority could be invested in ‘either male or female’
Who were particularly hostile to rule by a woman?
Radical Protestants
What did radical Protestants interpret from the bible about female rule?
That a female monarch was contrary to nature and displeasing to god
What was John Knox’s pamphlet called that showed hostility to female rule?
The first blast of the trumpet against this monstrous regimen of women
Who else was appalled by a female leader?
Pope Pius V
What did Cecil say about elizabeth being a woman?
He reprimanded a minister for discussing weighty matters of state with elizabeth because it was ‘too much for a woman’s knowledge’
When was Cecil critical of elizabeth’s gender?
1560
What was the most important impact of elizabeth being a woman?
The area of marriage as she had to be subservient to her husband
Why else did gender make marriage a more important personal decision?
A king could marry for politics and have a mistress for love, but the queen couldn’t
What did elizabeth say in an angry exchange with Dudley?
‘I will have but one mistress and no master’
How did having a queen impact the privy chamber?
It was less politically potent as it was now made up of women
How did elizabeth use her ladies from the privy chamber?
To get information from court gossip and picked up information about the rising of the northern earls
How did elizabeth play on gender expectations within court?
She expected flattery and declarations of love from courtiers
How was the queens accession day marked?
By celebrations and jousting which gave knights the chance to show their loyalty
