Elizabeth Flashcards

1
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When was Elizabeth’s succession announced to Parliament?

A

17th November 1558

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2
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Main men with Elizabeth

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William Cecil - like a Wolsey or Cromwell

Walsingham - ‘spymaster’

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3
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Did Elizabeth surround herself with Protestant emigres?

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No, she surrounded herself with Protestants who had stayed and conformed

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4
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Who was made Archbishop of Canterbury?

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Parker

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5
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Who was Parker the former chaplain of?

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Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth’s mother

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6
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Was Parker dismissive of Catholic doctrine?

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Yes but they trusted him

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7
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When did Elizabeth sign the Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis?

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April 1559
Gave them control of Calais for 8 yrs if they kept the peace. If not, the French had to pay an indemnity of half a million crowns

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8
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Despite success in Scotland following the death of Mary of Guise in 1560, how did Elizabeth lose control in Scotland?

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She got involved in the french wars of religion and the Huguenot cause lost and she lost Calais and Le Havre in the Treaty of Troyes without the payment of 500,000 crowns

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9
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Elizabeth’s religious viewpoint:

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  • wanted to assert her authority over the Church
  • supported Bible and service in English
  • agreed with small amounts of preaching
  • against superstition, icons and decorations of Churches
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10
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What was Elizabeth in Henrician terms?

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An Evangelical

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11
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What was drawn up to evaluate the best religious settlement?

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‘The Device for the Alteration of Religion’

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12
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What did the Device for the Alteration of Religion recommend?

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  • Protestants would say it was a papist plot if it wasnt extreme
  • laity wanted to retain catholic ritual as it had given structure
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13
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December 1558 proclamations

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  • all religious books should be English

- lord’s prayer should be said in English

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14
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What did Elizabeth refuse to attend at the Opening of Parliament?

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The procession of Monks

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15
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When were English ambassadors to the Venetian recalled?

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1st February 1558

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16
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Who made the first sermon at st.Paul’s cross?

A

A known Protestant

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17
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When did Parliament first meet?

A

January 1559

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18
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What title did Elizabeth take?

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‘Supreme Governor’

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19
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Why did Parliament say she could be ‘Supreme Governor’?

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New Testament said women couldn’t perform spiritual ministry but it said nothing to stop them being an overseer of the Church

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20
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Elizabeth’s famous quote

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She didn’t want ‘to make windows into men’s souls’

21
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Common Prayer Book

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1559

22
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Key points of the Prayer Book

A
  • communion was an act of remembrance and they were body and blood
  • IT WAS A COMPROMISE
23
Q

What did she want her settlement to enable?

A

Inclusivity

24
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Recusancy fine

A

1 shilling for non-attendance on Sunday or holy day

25
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1559 Injunctions

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  • forbade pilgrimages
  • forbade monuments
  • preaching had to be licensed - needed Masters of Arts degree so many were left using Homilies to fulfil requirement of 15 sermons a year
26
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1559 Act of Exchange

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Gave Elizabeth the right to take over property from a bishop when a see was empty. Also recollected First Fruits

27
Q

What was Elizabeth’s intention in agreeing the Church Settlement of 1559?

A

Establishing an Anglican Church

28
Q

Would the CofE be broadly Protestant in doctrine?

A

Yes but the liturgy wouldn’t exclude Catholics who accepted Royal Supremacy

29
Q

Visitations

A

1559

30
Q

Vestiarian controversy

A

1565

31
Q

When were Parker’s advertisements published?

A

1556

32
Q

When were 110 clergy invited to Lambeth Palace for parade of correct dress?

A

March 1566

33
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How many clergy refused to wear dress at Lambeth Palace?

A

37

34
Q

When did Mary Queen of Scots flee to England?

A

1568

35
Q

Why was Mary a threat?

A

She was Catholic
She was a Tudor
Elizabeth hadn’t named an heir/successor

36
Q

Where was Mary held?

A

Carlisle Castle

Bolton Castle

37
Q

Notable Catholic supporters

A

Duke of Norfolk
Earl of Northumberland (re-converted to Rome in 1567)
Earl of Westmoreland

38
Q

Rising of the Northern Earls

A

Summer 1569

39
Q

When did Elizabeth demand an account of events from the Council of the North?

A

24th October

40
Q

When was the signal given for the rebels to raise the country?

A

9th November

41
Q

When was Northumberland captured and handed back to the English?

A

June 1572

42
Q

When was Elizabeth excommunicated?

A

1570

43
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When was Northumberland killed?

A

August 1572

44
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Northern rising executions

A
  • 8 leaders and Northumberland

- 700 of the rank and file under martial law

45
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Change in policy towards Mary Stuart

A

No visitors and searched regularly

46
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Change in policy from 1570

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No longer moderation

47
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1571 Treason Acts

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Treason to deny Elizabeth as rightful Queen. To be Catholic was now deemed to be un-English

48
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1570 lecture of Thomas Cartwright

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Lectured CofE was like Church of Christ’s apostles - an overt criticism and support for demands to remove all vestiges of Catholicism grew