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Who was the royal court?

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The group of nobles and privy councillors who surrounded the queen

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How did Elizabeth control the royal court?

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She used a system of patronage

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what displayed wealth in court?

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Entertainment- jousting tournaments ,dances and plays

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who did Elizabeth grant positions of power to?

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Her favourite wealthy nobles

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Why were the courtiers loyal?

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They knew she could remove their patronage and power at any time

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what did the system of patronage mean?

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That power was based off of personal relationships with the queen

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How often did the privy council meet?

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Daily

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Who were the privy council?

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Elizabeth’s most trusted courtiers

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Who led the privy council?

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Elizabeth’s chief advisor, the secretary of state

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How did Elizabeth control the privy council?

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By appointing different councillors with different view points so she was free to choose between them

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Who was her chief advisor for most her reign?

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William Cecil who she called ‘spirit’

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what did Cecil do in 1587?

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Manipulated Elizabeth into executing Mary Queen of Scots showing she never had full control

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Who was ‘the rising star’ of Elizabeth’s court?

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Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex, at 18 he was Elizabeth’s favourite and on the privy council

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What 4 actions did Devereux do against Elizabeth?

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1598 reached for sword during argument with Elizabeth
1599 led failed military expedition in Ireland
1600 abandoned his soldiers in Ireland and forced his way into
Elizabeth’s chamber
1601 plotted an armed rebellion against Elizabeth and planned to
make James of Scotland king

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Why did Devereux fail to respect Elizabeth’s authority?

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She was a woman

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What did the death of Cecil lead to?

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Dangerous factional rivalry in the privy council

17
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Who ran the government of England?

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Elizabeth and her Privy Council

18
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Who controlled each county?

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Lord lieutenant

19
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What was the Lord lieutenant?

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A local noble(1 per county)appointed by the queen who organised an army to deal with rebellions and informed the privy council of what was going on. A form of patronage

20
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Who were JPs(justices of peace)?

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Unpaid workers appointed by the queen who collected taxes/fines, enforced the poor law and judged court cases. They were often bribed and corrupted. It was a form of patronage

21
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How many JPs were in each county?

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40`

22
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What was parliament?

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part of Elizabeth’s government in which MPs voted to give their consent for new laws and taxes

23
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Did parliament pose a threat to Elizabeth’s authority?

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A serious threat

24
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how was parliament a threat to Elizabeth’s authority?

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She needed consent to raise taxes and gave MPs power to push for changes they wanted.

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What were the 4 main factors puritan MPs made speeches to push Elizabeth on?

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1.Marry and name a protestant heir
2.Remove archbishops and Bishops and allow elected committees
to control churches
3. stop priests wearing vestments
4.Give MPs freedom of speech to discuss what they want in parliament

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How did Elizabeth control Parliament?

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1.only met 13 times during her 45 year reign
2.Privy councillors controlled the debate
3.Limited MPs freedom of speech by banning discussion of her
religion or marriage
4.Used harsh punishments

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What punishment was given to Peter Wentworth in 1593?

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He was imprisoned in the tower of London after he demanded a protestant heir

28
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what punishment was given to John Stubbs in 1579?

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His hand was chopped off for criticising Elizabeth’s proposed marriage to Catholic Duke of Anjou

29
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What did she use propaganda to do?

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Present an image of herself as a powerful and popular monarch

30
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What did portraits of Elizabeth do?

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emphasised her power and hid any signs of weakness

31
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Why did Elizabeth go on progresses?

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So she could be seen by ordinary people

32
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where did her progresses take place?

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In loyal protestant areas she never visited the north and west

33
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what did her progresses show?

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showed off her wealth and splendour as she spoke to ordinary people as she passed and through spectacular entertainment from nobles

34
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How often did she do a progress?

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Every summer

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