Elizabeth 1 Flashcards
Elizabeth’s Accession 1558
Wasn’t opposed by Mary’s privy council or Philip
Elizabeth was Mary’s successor
Bad harvests
Inflation
Flu epidemic
Loss of Calais
£300,000 debt
Religiously divided country
Early loyalty from the political elite and Catholics
Non resistance from France/Spain/papacy - easier for Elizabeth to establish her authority
Elizabeth showed her mastery of public relations with her coronation and she was greeted by enthusiastic crowds
Speculation about marriage
Mary QoS
Queen aged 6 days in 1542 - mother Mary of guise ruled as regent
Went to France
Married prince Francis (francis II) - he dies 1560 as does her mother
Returns to Scotland in 1561 to rule - Catholic monarch of a Protestant nation
Compromise - mass in private, agrees not to undo reformation
Mary QoS murder and mayhem
Mary loses Scottish throne in 1567 - overthrown by Protestant nobles - religion and marriage were at the core of her deposition
1568 - Mary escapes from prison - defeated at langside - flees to England, bothwell flees to Denmark whee he dies in prison
1571-86 - plots x3/4 - imprisoned
1587 - executed after babington plot discovers by walsingham
