Early Governemnt Flashcards
Main issues + when (7)
Meeting with MQS = 1562
Marriage to catholic archduke Charles of Austria = 1567
MQS, English catholics, France, Spain = 1569-70
Intervention in Netherlands = 1578
Marriage to duke of alencon = 1579-81
Execution of MQS = 1587
EOE = 1590s
Meeting of MQS - 1562 what (3)
Bacon = didn’t want it
Elizabeth did want it
Outcome = didn’t happen
Marriage to ACoA 1567 (2+)
Fractional rivalry = Leicester didn’t want it but Cecil + Norfolk + Sussex did
They didn’t marry = shows liz authority
1569-1570 issue (4)
Council was divided
Cecil + bacon = alliance with foreign Protestants
Leicester + arundel = agreement with F+M
Elizabeth shows keen to hear advice but not obliged to follow
1578 = intervention with Netherlands (4+)
Give military aid to Protestant rebels in the N in fight against Spain
Bacon = against
Leicester and Walsingham = for it
Seven years for her to approve of military intervention = when Netherlands looks like it will fully be in Spanish control
Marriage to duke of alencon when + what (3)
1579 - 81
Public hostil toward smatch
Majority of councillors opposed = oct 1579 = report = neither for or against
Outcome 1579-81 conflict (2)
Liz = threatened to create council of 4 new councillors and ask them
Exchange rings nov 1581 but then she rejects him + says her council rejects the marriage
Execution of MQS - when + conflict (4)
1586
Council wants sanction death warrant
Pressure put on queen
Walsingham = claims he heard bomb plot
Execution of MQS outcome (2)
Liz relucatantly sign death warrant in 1587
William Davison dispatches without permission = sent to power
Earl of Essex when + conflict (3)
1590s
Politicians now led by RC + Essex
Essex demand councillors make clear who they support
Outcome earl of Essex (2)
Executed after rising in 1601
Leaves Cecil faction supreme
How did Elizabeth keep control (3)
Dealt with them in small groups
Kept accurate notes = catch them out + reject advice
Met with men outside her council = foreign ambassadors
Queen was seen to have more wisdom (2++)
“You will give me that council that you think best”
Best advice not just for her but society = trusted WC judgement = it was the best available
Cecil was aware of his position as Liz servant (3)
“As a servant”
“It shall be gods will to have her obeyed
She has final say = hierarchy well established
Cecil was too careful to give liz unpopular advice (2+)
Marriage issue = ‘we must all dutifully bear with her majesties offence”
He was aware unwelcome advice would be ignored + attract royal displeasure
Queen used delay tactics = control (3)
7 years until helped Netherlands
Demonstrated she couldn’t be persuaded
Could be persuaded as indecisive
Liz had frequent temper tantrum’s to enforce her will (3)
Set up a new council to get support for her decision
Peter wentworth put in tower
Shows she had final say
Cecil controlled info to crown (2)
Set letters to get English ambassadors abroad to report a different version of events
His version reported to crown = more inclined to supooort his policy
Cecil orchestrated parliamentary conflicts to pressure the queen (2)
63-66 = parliamentary agitations over succession = orchestrated by Cecil
Certain level of control over council to put pressure on Liz
Cecil plotted with PC to influence Liz (4)
1559 = threatened to resign if didn’t support lords of congregation
1587 = MQS executed = secure realm
His wants were carried out
Collective action used to pressure queen
Cecil spread rumours (3)
Prevent queen + Dudley marriage 59-60
Before D wife dead WC spread rumours he would murder her + when she died he fuelled suspicions
Shows factional division within council
WC + Elizabeth worked together (3+)
Neither extreme Protestants + wanted to avoid war
WC introduced propaganda system = endured acceptance of lizs political regime + RS settlement
Both parsimonious
Who was WC (4+)
1558 = principal secretary
Master of the court of wards
1572 = lord treasurer
All key roles in gov = very trusted through her reign
