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Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis

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  • 1559
  • France would retain Calais for 8 years
  • If France failed to return Calais, they would pay £125,000
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English intervention in Scotland in support of the Lords of Congregation

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  • 1559-60
  • Cecil sympathized with Protestants and wanted to ensure survival of Protestantism
  • Navy sent to the Firth of Forth to stop French landing
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What does the English intervention in Scotland, in support of the Lords of Congregation, demonstrate about foreign policy

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Demonstrates how foreign policy can be influenced by both religion and the influence of an individual (Cecil)

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Treaty of Edinburgh

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  • 1560
  • England and France agreed to withdraw all land and naval forces from Scotland
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What was Elizabeths motive for the Treaty of Edinburgh

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To replace Auld Alliance with new Anglo-Scottish-French accord

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Treaty of Hampton Court

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  • 1562
  • Promised 6000 men and a £30,000 loan to Huguenots
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Treaty of Troyes

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  • 1564
  • English and French governments
  • Unfavourable due to betrayal by French Huguenots
  • Indemnity of Cateau-Cambresis
  • France paid 120,000 crowns for Calais
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Short term and long term impact of Treaty of Troyes

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  1. Short term: Blow to Elizabeths prestige and she became cautious in supporting Protestant causes in Europe
  2. Long term: Advantageous as Calais was expensive to maintain
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Elizabeth steals from Spanish

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  • 1568
  • Steals 400,000 florins from Spanish vessel on South coast of England
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Treaty of Blois

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  • 1572
  • Mutual defence treaty with France
  • Both promised to help if other country was attacked
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Elizabeth expelling Sea Beggars

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  • 1572
  • Forced to land in Dutch port of Brielle
  • Sparked full-scale rebellion against Spanish
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St Bartholomew’s Day massacre

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  • 1572
  • Thousands of Huguenots killed in Paris
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Trade embargo with Spain lifted

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1574

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Pacification of Ghent

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  • 1576
  • Spanish troops went on murdering rampage in Antwerp
  • Called for expulsion of all foreign troops in Netherlands
  • United 17 Dutch provinces against Spanish
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Elizabeth first direct intervention with Netherlands

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  • 1576
  • Leicester pushing for intervention
  • Sends a loan of £100,000 to Dutch Estates-General
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Don John of Austria begins reconquest of Netherlands

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  • 1577
  • Elizabeth demands Philip recalls Don John
  • She sends mercenaries to support rebels
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Union of Utrecht & Union of Arras

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  • 1579
  • Utrech: Unites 7 Northern Netherland provinces against Spanish rule
  • Arras: Unites Southern catholic provinces
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Why was the Union of Utrecht and the Union of Arras concerning for Elizabeth

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  • Two seperate entities emerged in Netherlands
  • Spanish made peace with Union of Arras
  • So Duke of Parma could begin reconquest of Northern Netherlands
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Duke of Parma conquers most of Northern Netherlands

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1580

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Spain annex Portugal

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1580

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Duke of Anjou and William of Orange killed

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  • 1584
  • Anjou’s death leaves Henry of Navarre (Protestant) heir to French throne
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Treaty of Joinville

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  • 1584
  • Phillip II agreed to finance Catholic League in France
  • Phillip no longer had motive to prevent him supporting MQS
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Treaty of Nonsuch

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  • 1585
  • Elizabeth and Dutch Protestant rebels
  • 7000 English soldiers sent to Netherlands
  • Militaristic and political disaster
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Why did the intervention in the Netherlands after the Treaty of Nonsuch fail

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Troops badly and irregularly paid and alienated the Dutch

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Leicester ordered home
* 1586 * He resigns his command in 1588
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Treaty of Berwick
* 1586 * Elizabeth and James VI * Mutual defence treaty guarantees James a pension of £4000 per annum
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Spanish ships destroyed by Drake
* 1587 * Drake attacked Spanish vessels at Cadiz * Significantly delayed Armada
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Spanish Armada
* 1588 * Defeated by the English Navy off the coast of Gravelines
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Madre de Dois
* Captured 1592 * Treasure ship worth £140,000
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Expedition to Portgual
* 1589 * Overambitious plan and lack of resources led to failure
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Failed plundering expedition in the West Indies
* 1595 * Never reached main target of Panama * Drake and Hawkins both died
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Capture of Cadiz by Hawkins
* 1596 * Shortlived as Cadiz was looted and vacated
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Lord Burghley
William Cecil
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Earl of Leicester
Robert Dudley
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Earl of Essex
Robert Devereux
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1st parliament
* 1559 * Restoration of Royal Supremacy * Initially challenged by Puritan choir who wanted a Calvinist Church
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Council disagreement about MQS
* 1562 * Council disagree with Elizabeth over her wish to meet MQS * She does not go
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2nd parliament
* 1563-67 * To grant money * Commons petitioned Elizabeth to marry and name a successor * Elizabeth forbid discussion of marriage and succession
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Act for Maintaining Tillage
* 1563 * To stop conversion of arable to pasture * To prevent displacement of rural labour
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Act for the Maintainance of the Navy
* 1563 * To expand food supply after a series of good harvests
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3rd parliament
* 1571 * Council pushed for execution of MQS after Ridolfi plot * Duke of Norfolk executed * Elizabeth refused to execute MQS
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Vagabonds Act
* 1572 * To punish vagrants and help the poor * Penalties introduced against vagrants * JPs to raise a poor rate for the poor
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4th parliament
* 1572-81 * Parliament called for execution of MQS * Elizabeth refused * 1576: Commons imprisoned MP Peter Wentworth for infringement of royal perogative
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Council divided over military assistance to Netherlands
* 1578 * Leicester and Walsingham urging intervention * Cecil counselling against it * Elizabeth intervenes 7 years later
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Council discuss marriage to Anjou
* 1579-81 * Leicester and Walsingham create public hostility towards marriage * Elizabeth threatens to create four new Catholic councillors * Rejects Alencon as her people are against the marriage
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Act to Retain the Queen's Subjects in their Due Obedience
* 1581 * Treasonable to withdraw allegiance to Queen or Church of England * Saying 'mass' became punishable by heavy fine
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Parliament refuse Puritan Bill and Book
* 5th Parliament * 1584-85 * Refused to hear Peter Turners bill to change prayer book
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Northern Rebellion
* 1569 * Leicester involved in plot * 5700 rebels * Ordered execution of 700 rebels * Norfolk executed in 1572
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Northern rebellion aims
* 1569 * To secure MQS' succession to English throne through marriage to Norfolk * Restore Catholicism - Westmorland resented radical Protestants in key posts in Durham * Remove Cecil's influence
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Act of Supremacy
* 1559 * Papal supremacy rejected * Gave legislative authority to crown for issues regarding the church * ‘Supreme Governor’ - concession to Catholic belief - St Paul’s misogynistic attitudes to women
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Act of Uniformity
* **1559** * Specified use of a single Book of Common Prayer * To restore a **single** form of worship
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Royal Injunctions
* **1559** * Emphasised suppression of catholic practices: pilgrimages * Parish church's required to have **English Bible** * Implemented Act of Uniformity parish level
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Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion
* **1563** * To define faith of Elizabethan Church * Article 17 emphasises importance of **predestination**, linking to Calvinist doctrine
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How many Bishops were deprived of their posts
* 2000 - 1/4 of total * Refused Oath of Supremacy due to ‘Supreme Governor’
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Vestment controversy
* 1566 * Archbishop Parker issued Advertisements - rules on 'supersitious' clerical dress * 37 London clergymen refused and were deprived of posts
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Clergy oppostion to Thirty-Nine articles
* 1571 * Clergy deprived of posts for refusing to subscribe to 39 articles and prayer book
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Puritan threat from Parliament
* 1571: * William Strickland proposed bill to reform Book of Common Prayer * Privy Council prevented him from attending Commons * 1584: * Peter Turner proposed Bill for ‘Genevan’ prayer book * Parliament refused to read bill
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How was the Act of Uniformity controversial
* 1559 * Stated 'ornaments of the Church' should be those in place before **Act of Uniformity in 1549** * Many clergy saw 'ornaments' as **'Popish'** therefore objected the enforcement

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