Elizabeth Flashcards
Year Elizabeth died?
1603
Number of weeks parliament met
140
Number of times parliament was called?
13
Percentage of MPs who debated in people in court?
500
Earl of Leicester; Elizabeth’s favourite
Robert Dudley
Puritan Spymaster and privy councillor
Francis Walsingham
Secretary of state; Elizabeth’s trusted advisor
William Cecil
King of Spain
Phillip II
Elizabeth’s cousin; successor to the throne
James I
Suitor from weak scandanavian protestant country
Prince Eric
Earl of Essex
Robert Devereux
Elizabeth’s little frog
Francis, Duke of Anjou
Dancing privy councillor
Hatton
Elizabeth’s abusive uncle
Thomas Seymour
Wife of Henry VIII who made Liz go to court
Catherine Parr
Mother of Elizabeth
Anne Boleyn
Elizabeth’s older sister and former Queen
Mary I
Austrian Catholic Successor
Charles
Cambridge scholar, tutor to Elizabeth
Roger Asham
The system of sponsoring favourites by giving land
Patronage
Extended household and social hub for Elizabethan England
Court
Small group of advisors; met daily
Privy council
When Elizabeth visits houses of the nobility with her court
Progresses
When Elizabeth’s image is used to spread a message
Propaganda
Elizabeth’s power to deny any parliament law
Veto
Concept that a monarch was chosen by God
Divine Right
Succession name given to issues surrounding Elizabeth’s heir and marriage crisis
Succession Crisis
Passed twice by Henry VIII to remove Elizabeth
Act of Succession
When Henry split with the Catholic Church
Act of Reformation
Main good exported by Elizabeth
Woolen Cloth
Religious and Economic ally on the continent
Netherlands
Elizabeth was locked up here twice in her lifetime
Tower of London
Rebellion that took place against Mary in 1554
Wyatt’s rebellion
English Explorer to circumnavigate the globe
Drake
Famous Explorer, discovered virginia and Jamestown
Walter Raleigh
Drake’s cousin, pioneered the Atlantic Slave trade
John Hawkins
Founding Member of the BEIC trade links with far east
John Cabot
Explorer who attempted the NW passage and returned with fool’s gold
Martin Fobischer
Famous Elizabethan Playright, wrote at least 37 plays
William Shakespeare
Second most famous Elizabethan Playright, wrote Dr Faustus
Christopher Marlowe
Wrote “book of Martyrs”
John Foxe
Poet, wrote the “Faerie Queen” in honour of Elizabeth
Edmund Spenser