elizabeth

Question 1

How important was the foreign situation in shaping Elizabeth I’s religious policy?

Answer 1

• jesuit and seminary priests
  > Allen established then at Douai to train english priest’s
  > arrived 1574
  > J’s 1580s
  total 630 came and 133 were executed
• mary queen of scots
  > catholic
  > many plots
• most of the religious policy was the settlement and then the puritans (both english issues)

Question 2

Elizabeth’s relationship with her parliaments was harmonious.’ How far do you agree?

Answer 2

• When she went to raise money she always got it
  > got twice her usual amount in 1589
• people did speak out against her
  > it never went far or had long term impact
  > essex, Wentworth
• they brought up grievances
  > monopolies (she did deal with this in 1596, then gave out new ones, dealt with it again 1601 and made the golden speech)

Question 3

How far did Puritanism change during Elizabeth’s reign?

Answer 3

Not a lot
- there were still puritans at the end of her reign
- they were sometimes protected by privy councillors such as Cecil and Leicester
- nobles and gentry established lectureships to increase the amount of preaching
a lot
- some went abroad
separatist group (wanted there own church) disappeared
- at the beginning they fought a lot:
> vestments
> strickland’s proposed prayer book
>copes proposed book and bill
> field and Wilcoxon’s admonition to parliament
- but by the end they were heard of less and had effectively just accepted things as many leaders left or were arrested

Question 4

How serious were the problems Elizabeth faced in the period after 1588?

Answer 4

Essex rebellion
> treated as a bit of a non-issue
> 6 executed
Monopolies
> a bit of an issue (as people are unhappy)
> had to be dealt with twice
> she did deal and made the golden speech
war
- Spanish armada: great propaganda (god is on her side) BUT she had to take out £75,000 loan from her wealthy subjects and borrow £56,000 from london at 10% interest
- France:10,000 soldiers (who had to be paid) 1590-91 (having sent a lot of money)
- still supporting the dutch
- Ireland: did get it under control, prevented spanish attack (they landed at Kinsale 1602) BUT spent 2 mill on it, sort of caused essex rebellion, didn’t control it until she had already died
she wasn’t overthrown

Question 5

How serious was the Catholic threat in the period from 1558 to 1589?

Answer 5

very:
- MQS:
> northumberland 1569-70
>Ridolfi 1571
> throckmorton 1583 (kill liz with spanish ambassador)
> Babington 1583
- excommunication 1570
- Marion bishops
- Jesuits
Not very
- MQS never went very far
- settlement was passed
- many catholics went abroad and died and there was social pressure

Question 6

‘Unrest and rebellion never seriously threatened Elizabeth I in the period after 1588.’ How far do
you agree?

Answer 6

agree
- oxfordshire rising, 4 people showed up
- essex rebellion, no one showed up or cared
- she dealt with unrest in parliament effectively
disagree
- there was unrest in parliament
- the severity with which she dealt with the oxfordshire rising suggests they were worried it would become an issue
- there were food riots
>kent 1595
> norfolk, Sussex, somerset 1596-1597
> ipswich 86
> never got to the point of killing the queen
- MQS
> dealt with

Question 7

How effectively did Elizabeth deal with the problems she faced in 1558?

Answer 7

very
> essex
> spanish armada
> oxforshire rising
> doran
not very
> Ireland
> war with spain was ongoing and not her win really
> Haige

Question 8

‘The Puritan threat to Elizabeth was never serious.’ How far do you agree?

Answer 8

Agree
- Archbishops
> Parker: 39 articles without giving into demands of radicals, Vestments
> whitgift: successful in the pamphlet war, dealt with the admonition of parliament
- the separatists disappeared
- they didn’t rise up
- had no agreed doctrine and was limited to those who could lead
Marprelate tracts (attacking bishops) publication meant printing presses could be clamped down in
Disagree
- Strickland 1571: changed book of prayer and the bill did not return after he was un-bard from HOC
- Cope: bill and book end bishop authority. was sent to the tower with others and it was not spoken of it again
- Field and wilcoxen 1572: admonition to Parliament. replace the church hierarchy. dealt with by parker. sent to jail. there ideas did become debated
- were occasionally protected by privy council members and funded by nobility and gentry