Challenges To Elizabeth's Throne Flashcards
Who were yeomen?
Men who held a small amount of land or an estate.
Who were tenant farmers?
Men who farmed rented land, which was usually owned by yeomen or the gentry.
What was the social heirachy in Elizabethan times?
Nobility, gentry, yeomen, tenanat farmers, land less or labouring poor and the homeless.
What was the work heirachy in Elizabethan times?
Merchants, professionals, skilled craftsmen, unskilled workers and unemployed.
What was the court and what was its role?
It was a body of people who lived near the monarch. They were mostly nobility and were the queen’s important advisers, friends and servants. They displayed wealth and power to the public and advised the monarch. Courtiers had power of influence over the monarch, rather than actual power.
What was the privy council and what was its role?
It was a body of axprox. 19 people, who were the leading courtiers and advisors to the queen. It included very senior government officials. They met at least thrice a week. They debated current issues. They delivered advice of governemnt policy. They pversaw law and order. Ensured decisions were carried out. They also managed the oroceedings of parliament and monitered Justices of the Peace.
What was parliament and what was its role?
It was made up of the HOL and the HOC. Parliament was called and dismissed only by the monarch. They grante extraordinary taxation, passed laws(acts of parliament) and offered advice to the monarch.
What was a lord lieutenant and what was their role?
Each county had one. They mere nobles and were often on the privy council. Helped raise and train military and local defences. Oversaw the enforcement of policies nad were part of the local government.
What were justices of the peace and what were their roles?
Theywere large landowners who hepled keep law and order in their local areas. They reported to the privy council and were unpaid. It was a position of status and a very popular job. To ensure policies were carried put. Heard county court cases. Part of the pocal government.
What were Elizabth’s powers?
She could make government policy Make all of the important decisions Declare war and make peace Call dismiss parliament Agreeto and reject laws Rule in some legal cases Grant titoes, lands, money and jobs
Who was the secretary of state?
The queen’s most imprtant privy councillor. He advised her in most important matters.
What did the monarch need parliament for?
To vote for laws orders to be enforced, to raise extraordinary tax.
What was the royal lrerogative?
The fact that there some areas that only the queen had the right to decide on.
What did Elizabeth not want parliament to discuss?
She didn’t want parliament discussing her marruage, foreign policy, and the succession.
