Elizabeth topic 1 Flashcards
She knew the danger of the issues surrounding marriage
Wyatt rebellion 1554- A rebellion against Mary objecting to her marriage to Philip of Spain
The plot of Thomas Seymour to marry Elizabeth, which lead to his execution in 1549 and Elizabeth’s interrogation.
Worries about religious conformity laws.
The Prayer Book Rebellion, was a popular revolt in Cornwall and Devon, in 1549. It was due to the prayer book change, and shows there were still pockets of strong Catholic loyalty in Edward’s reign.
Worries about intrusion too much into people’s lives, and bad policy.
Kett’s Rebellion was a revolt in Norfolk, England during the reign of Edward VI in 1549, largely in response to the enclosure of land.
Allowing discontent to spread… too heavy handed changes
The fall of the Lord Protector, Somerset, from Coup d’état in 1549
Royal blood line respected
Fate of Jane Grey, and her fall from power in 1553. The Privy Council switched their allegiance from Jane to Mary, and proclaimed her queen in London on 19 July among great jubilation of the populace.
Lack of political authority… Economic problems, rebellion
Edward’s reign, the 1549 rebellions were economic in origin.
Burning of heretics was a bad idea.
Mary’s burning of Protestants turned them into martyrs.
Expectation that Elizabeth would be a Protestant monarch.
Shown by the return of the Marian exiles in 1558.
Economy fragility
Show by the fact that in 1558 most people worked in agriculture. The biggest export was cloth and the loss of Antwerp as a port in 1550 meant thousands working in that market had become unemployed. Poverty and unemployment were increasing. Mary had left a debt of £300000.
Foreign affairs were shaky with Scotland
Scotland was problematic, as Edward’s Lord Protector Somerset had failed to capture Scotland in 1544, and the ‘Auld Alliance’ of the French and Scottish was strong. The garrisons were drawn in 1550 under the Treaty of Boulogne, which was humiliating to England. However the Reformation would draw England and Scotland closer together. In 1557 a group of Protestant Scottish lords vowed to establish Protestantism in Scotland.
Foreign affairs were shaky with Ireland
In 1558 England’s rule of Ireland was only direct on east coast, known as the Pale, and after that it was indirect through the Earls of Kildare. In 1534 the eighth Earl was imprisoned in England, leading to the first of a series of rebellions, and the Tudor dynasty decided to instigate direct rule. Ireland was still very Catholic, demonstrated by Henry establishing himself as ‘King’ of Ireland in 1540, stopping the Pope being preferred. The reformation would further distance Ireland.
