Elizabeth- rebellion and domestic society

Question 1

in what ways were nobles the same under Elizabeth?

Answer 1

• great landowners
• dominant political and social role
• senior military positions

Question 2

in what ways were nobles different under E?

Answer 2

• no dukedoms created after 1572
• indulged in massive house-building projects
• less opportunity to fulfil a military role

Question 3

in what ways were Gentry the same under E?

Answer 3

• included a wide range of social range (knights, gentlemen, esquires)
• prominent in local government (by 1570)

Question 4

in what ways were Gentry different under E?

Answer 4

• growth in numbers

- landed incomes increased, especially after 1570

Question 5

in what ways was the bulk of population the same under E?

Answer 5

• mostly lived in rural areas
• low standards of living
• population growth

Question 6

in what ways was the bulk of population different under E?

Answer 6

• growing mercantile and professional classes in towns, with political influence
• some families ‘married up’ increasing social mobility
• widening gap between rich and poor (60%) of population at or below poverty line
• decline in real wages
• increase in landless poor

Question 7

what laws were introduced to deal with poverty and when?

Answer 7

• 1572- Act required local ratepayers to pay a rate for the relief of their own poor
• 1576- Act required towns to make provision of employment for the deserving poor
• 1597/8- act provided a code for poor relief establishing overseers of the poor

Question 8

when was the Elizabethan Poor Law introduced?

Answer 8

1601

Question 9

what was the poor law?

Answer 9

• created a national system for poor relief based on the parish
• each parish was required to raise for, and administer, poor relief through an overseer
• those unable to work (impotent poor) were to be cared for in a poorhouse
• able-bodied poor given work in a ‘House of Industry’
• idle poor and vagrants sent to a ‘House of Correction’ or prison

Question 10

what were the motives for the Northern Rebellion?

Answer 10

• religious- the north was more religiously conservative than the south and disliked the settlement
• political- leaders resented their exclusion from their traditional aristocratic role in the north
• economic- the north was economically deprived, breeding resentments
• succession- MQOS gave hope for alternative future

Question 11

what were the events of the Northern Rebellion?

Answer 11

• rebels marches as far as York, before heading north again and taking Barnard castle in Durham
• the crown acted decisively and sent force north disbanding rebels who fled to Scotland
• the govt ordered mass executions of rebels, Northumberland was executed in 1572 and Westmorland exiled to the Spanish Netherlands

Question 12

why did the rebels fail in the Northern Rebellion?

Answer 12

• did not get a mass popular following and they failed to gain foreign support
• suffered from a lack of clear objectives
• disorganisation
• poor leadership

Question 13

what did the Northern rebellion reveal about Elizabeth’s government?

Answer 13

• the government’s lack of comprehension of the differences between north and south
• the problems of managing the localities

Question 14

what did E govt do after dealing with the Northern rebellion?

Answer 14

The Council of the North was reconstituted in 1572, under the Earl of Huntingdon, an outsider with no local ties, who owed his influence entirely to Elizabeth