Elizabeth 1st

Question 1

Who is she ?

Answer 1

Daughter of Anne Boleyn and H8
Raised as a protestant

Question 2

What are the main aspects of her reign ?

Answer 2

Religious peace and reformation
Politic stability (Fran + Spain)
Development of the Eng power

Question 3

What’s her religious settlement?

Answer 3

1599 -> new book of common prayer in which she names herself “sup governer”

39 articles

Liturgy -> closer to cath (episcopacy)

+ Back to break with Rome

Question 4

What challenges do Eli face ?
(cath)

Answer 4

Excomm by pope Pius V (1570), thought she was too far from Cath

End of her reign : 1-2% pop Cath, mostly nobility and gentry
20% -> House of Lords

Question 5

Who was fighting at the time to change CoE at the start of her reign?

Answer 5

Conservatives -> more Cath
Radicals -> puritans (+ Calvinist CoE)

Question 6

Challenges from puritans?

Answer 6

Want a more Calvinist church
Presbyterian rather than episcopal
Want to remove bishops and general assembly instead

Question 7

International tensions ?

Answer 7

France Spain Scotland Ireland
Legitimacy doubted cause woman and protestant

Question 8

How does she secure her power ?

Answer 8

Treason acts (1559, 71, 81) -> makes it illegal to do against the queen

Good with compromises and negociations

Centralized her power -> Privy council, parliament and crown

Portraits don’t show her aging, symbols (almost brand)

Question 9

What happens to international politics after her reign ?

Answer 9

France and Eng get better, ally with Netherlands
War with Spain 1585-1604 + attempted invasion in 1588

Eng becomes refuge for European prot

Charters in Indian, participate in slave trades, Sir Drake travels for colonies

Question 10

What does she do in Ireland ?

Answer 10

Sets plantations
Sends protestant nobles to Ireland
Rebellion from Irish