Elizabeth and the golden age Flashcards
When was Elizabeth born?
1533
When did she rule from
1558-1603
name her main 3 ministers
William Cecil and Robert Dudley and sir Francis
Name 2 new renaissance ideas
The printing press and science was flourishing
What happened to the gentry during Elizabeth’s golden age
Became more powerful and promoted above the nobility also became richer from trade
What is the ‘great rebuilding’
When the gentry built impressive new housed to show off their wealth e.g hard wick hall
How did Elizabeth use portraits as properganda
- made her look young and strong and a powerful leader
- full of symbols which represented all her good qualities for her being queen
When did the globe open
1599
Explain where different classes sat at the theatre
The upper class were sat in the sheltered gallery and the lower class or poorer people had to stand in the pit which was exposed to all the elements
How did Elizabeth use the theatre as properganda
She used to promote herself as a good queen by making sure all plays were checked to be in favour of her
She also used them to stop a rebellion from the suffering lower classes, the theatre distracted them from their miserable lives
Who opposed the theatre and why
London authorities - encouraged crime after the theatre
Puritans - thought it encouraged sinful behaviour and didn’t always support their religious views
When was the act of relief of the poor
1563
Northern earls rebellion
1569
Ridolfi plot
1571
Which decade was a bad time for Elizabeth
1590s
When did earl of Essex fail in his attempt to seize power
1601
