Elizabethan England Flashcards
What year did Elizabeth become queen of England?
1558
What year did Mary queen of Scots come to England
1568
What where Elizabeth’s main problems
Legitimacy, gender, religion, marriage
Why was Elizabeth’s gender a problem?
Belief that women where weak- made England vulnerable to invasion.
Concerns over who she would marry- the man would have a lot of power.
What year did the Northern Earls revolt?
1569
Why was religion a problem?
England has been thrown years of religious change and turmoil. The country was still split between Catholics and Protestants.
Why was Elizabeth’s legitimacy questioned?
Henry VIII had declared Elizabeth illegitimate soon after he executed her mother.
Catholics didn’t recognise divorce so believed Henry VIII’s marriage to Anne Boleyn Elizabeths mother was not legitimate.
Which country was the most serious threat of invasion as soon as Elizabeth became queen.
France
Which body had to be consulted if the Tudor monarchs wanted money?
Parliament
How many times did parliament meet during Elizabeth’s 45-year reign?
13
What was the name of the body of Elizabeth’s advisers?
The Privy Council
How many men sat on the privy council?
19
What was the name for the growing middle class?
The Gentry
How much debt did Elizabeth inherit when she became queen?
£300,000
What were 2 of Elizabeth’s aims for religion?
Heal the division, avoid civil war.
Maximise person power, taking from church.
Who was Sir Francis Walsingham?
A close advisor of the queen, spymaster.
Who was Robert Dudley the Earl of Leicester?
Leading nobleman, advisor and favourite of Elizabeth.
What did Elizabeth do in 1559 to solve issues of religious division?
The Religious Settlement. Middle Way.
Name 2 features of the Act of Supremacy, 1559.
-Re-establish the break from Rome and an independent Church of England
-All the members of the clergy had to swear an oath of loyalty to Elizabeth.
-Elizabeth was the supreme governor of the church of England.
-Archbishops and Bishops were kept.
Name 2 features of the Act of Uniformity, 1559.
Catholic Mass was abandoned, bibles were written in English, ornaments like crosses and candles could be placed on the communion table, priests had to wear traditional-style vestments
Clergy were allowed to marry.
Find for not attending church.
What was the impact of the religious settlement on the clergy?
8000 priests took the oath of supremacy.
1 bishop took the oath so 27 new ones were appointed.
What proportion of nobility was catholic?
1/3
Why were some Catholic noble unhappy with the Religious settlement?
Protestant advisors were appointed so they had less power.
