Court And Parliament Flashcards
What are the main functions of a parliament?
Law making , granting taxation opportunity for member of the privy council to gauge political opinion
What was discussed in parliament in 1559?
Church settlement
What was discussed in parliament in 1563 and 1556?
Marriage and succession
What was discussed in parliament in 1571?
Strengthening treason laws against catholics after the Pope’s excommunication
What was the attendance of parliament during the Tudor dynasty? How many MPs?
Attendance was poor, 462 MPs that were easy control
What types of people were members of house lords?
Bishops and nobles traditionally powerful voting laws
What types of people were members of the House of Commons?
Middle class , lawyers and merchants. Chose by patrons from the House of Lords. Well disposed and expected to do as the lords said
How did the councillors use parliament and how was it corrupt?
Councillors use parliament to pressure Elizabeth to agree privy council drafted laws to help pass them
What did Elizabeth call parliament for
Tax and important laws
How did Elizabeth control her parliament?
Carefully drafted speeches and prepared to use powers to arrest and veto
What was the significance of the parliament in January-May in 1559?
Catholic bishops resisted E’s religious settlement E in response made a smaller number of heredity and House of Lords controlled by Cecil, knollys and bacon arrested bishop of Winchester and Lincoln for public disputes
In which parliaments did they start to discuss E’s royal prerogative?
January-April 1563 September 1566-January 1567- Cecil thought she wouldn’t turn him down. She just shut down discussions
What happened in parliament April-May 1571?
Puritans were trying to push during a difficult and stressful time (context=northern rebellion and excommunication)
What was the significance of the parliament in May-June 1572?
Royal prerogative talk and discussions over MQS’ execution. The royal prerogative wasn’t a concern as she could always control it. She also successfully passed poor laws
What was the significance of the parliament in February-March 1576?
Peter wentworth ( Puritan) talked about freedom of speech. He was sent to the tower and banned. Nothing more than a nuisance
What was the significance of the parliament in November 1584-March 1585?
Royal prerogative was discusses and Puritan fuss. But this was insignificant as helpful laws were passed and anti - Catholic bong of association was passed
What happened in October- March 1587 parliament?
Presbyterian ‘Bill and book’ which questioned Elizabeth as a head of church. But this was just a nuisance
What happened in February- March 1589 parliament?
Defeated Spain so Elizabeth received double of her tax out of praised
What was the significance of the parliament in October 1597-February 1598?
Prague over monopolies being given as a patronage as it was crippling. There was a lot of yelling but no solution
What was the context and focus for parliament in October-December 1601?
Bad harvest and war with Spain (context) monopolies dominated Parliament-both MPs and privy counsellors with explosive E in her speech problems to examine and and the worst monopolies
Why were the MPs so aggrieved in parliament October-December 1601?
They had trading background and knew that monopolies were a serious threat as some used it as a method of control. Elizabeth just aim for short to grant quickly-bringing up contingency and local issues
When did Elizabeth give her ‘golden speech’ ?
1601 , due to the tensions risen over monopolies
What tactics did Elizabeth use to control parliament
Charm, admonish, bully and threat. She disagreed with freedom speech which scared many. Wanted to assure authority and limit resistance so she only called Parliament 13 times in 45 years speeches in small groups
What tactics did Elizabeth use to reduce/diffused resistance in parliament?
Isolated extremists through promise of moderate reform direct intervention on royal prerogative imprisoned awkward members. Power was used to control the atmosphere-dissolve if necessary and employed intimidators
