Elizabeth :) Flashcards
Who were the courtiers?
Important people who spent a lot of time around
Elizabeth. Usually nobility
Structure of Elizabethan Government?
.court
.privy council
.parliament
.lords lieutenants
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Who were the privy council?
19 leading courtiers who met 3 times a week to discuss and advise the queen.
Paliament?
House of Lords and House of Commons. Very few
people could vote
Lords lieutenant?
Chosen by the queen and assigned to each county to help monarch keep control
Elizabeth issues at accession?
.legitimacy
.gender
.marriage
.finances
.relations with France and Spain
How much was Elizabeth in debt?
£300,000
Auld alliance
. France and Scotland
. 1295
Reformation?
.1534
. The time when Henry VIII broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and formed his own Protestant Church, the Church of England.
Papacy?
The ‘office’ or leadership of the Pope.
The religious settlement?
.1559
The act of Supremacy?
.part of the religious settlement
.Elizabeth supreme governor of the CofE
.clergy have to swear an oath of allegiance to her
.Ecclesiastical High Commission set up to enforce the rules- clergy punished
The act of uniformity?
.clear rules about what a Protestant church should look like and have inside
.book of common prayer
.Priests needed to wear vestements
.everyone had to attend on sunday and on religious festivals - recusants fined
The royal injunctions?
.all clergy had to teach that Elizabeth was the head of church and not the pope
.recusants reported to the privy council
.bible in english- not Latin
.pictures allowed in church
Impacts of the religious settlements?
.Most Priests did take the Oath of Allegiance to Elizabeth
.Most Bishops refused so Elizabeth sacked them and appointed ones that would
.Most people accepted the changes- slower in Catholic areas
What did some puritans churhes do?
Some Puritan clergy made different rules for their churches and services
What issues did puritans have?
The Crucifix Controversy (Puritans wanted Crucifixes removed from churches)
The Vestment Controversy (Puritans did not want clergy in special clothes)
How did elizabeth solve the puritan threat?
Crucifix controversy:
The Queen gave in as the Bishops
threatened to resign
Vestment controversy:
In 1566 the Archbishop of
Canterbury supported the Queen, so
most clergy agreed to wear special
clothes. A few did not and were
sacked.
What was the Roman Catholic threat?
In 1566 the Pope told Roman Catholics in England not to attend the Church of England
. Elizabeth ignored recuasants
What was ‘counter reformation’
an attempt to stamp out Protestantism was sweeping through Europe by the 1560s.
Foreign powers for Elizabeth
how did she solve them?
Elizabeth helped French Protestants
but then had to sign the Treaty of
Troyes when the Protestants made
peace with the Catholics
Who was MQS?
.Roman Catholic
.Henry VII great granddaughter
.briefly queen of France
Rebellion against Mary in Scotland?
-outcome?
1560 Elizabeth supported a rebellion in Scotland against Mary Queen of Scots
The Treaty of Edinburgh was then drawn up and said Mary had to give up her claim to the English throne
Mary never agreed to this and wanted to be named as Elizabeth’s heir.
Mary in scotland?
.position not secure- scottish gov were protestant
.MQS thought to have murdered her ex husband Lord Darnley
.MQS forced to resign- James V
took over
.1568 fled to england
Mary in England?
Elizabeth didn’t clear Mary of murder
.imprisoned in 1568 executed in 1587
Elizabeth’s excommuncation?
.1570
.Pope Pius V declared that Elizabeth was a heretic (beliefs challenged the catholics) and, as such, she was excommunicated by way of a Papal Bull
What did the Papal bull declare?
released Catholics from any loyalty to Elizabeth and called upon them to remove her from the throne
Effects of the papal bull?
Pope had miscalculated. English and Welsh Catholics preferred to keep quiet about their religious beliefs and remained loyal to Elizabeth
What acts did Elizabeth pass after?
.1571
.Treason acts- illegal to say Elizabeth was not the true queen
Revolt of the Northern Earls?
.1569
.Spanish troops planned to help catholic rebels
.Thomas percy
.4,500 men
.450 executed
Ridolfi plot?
.1571
.Make MQS queen- marry Duke of Norfolk
.Ridolfi was a spy for the pope
.The pope involved- Spanish would invade
Who solved Ridolfi plot?
.Uncovered by Sir William Cecil by
having letters in code
Throckmorton plot?
.1583
.Throckmorton was arrested and under torture confessed to a plot in which France and Spain would invade England, release Mary and make her queen
.He was the go between
. Mary moved to more secure accomodtion
Who discovered the Throckmorton plot?
. Walshingham
. incrimating papers found
Babington plot?
.Babington would assassinate Elizabeth and put Mary on the throne
.1586
Who discovred Babington?
- consequences?
. Walshingham’s spy network interecepted the letter
. Mary replied in acknowledgement- enough to execute her
. offered £1,000 to spare himslef Elizabeth declined
Walshingham?
.Elizabeth’s secretary of state
.Captured Rc priests
Act (Law) for the Preservation of the
Queen’s Safety
.1585
.Said if Elizabeth was assassinated, Mary
should be banned from inheriting the
throne