Elizabethan England Flashcards

1
Q

Why was religion a problem when Elizabeth first came into power?

A

Henry V111 converted to protestant leaving half of the country protestant and half catholic

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2
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Why did Elizabeth have enemies abroad and who were they?

A

The pope and spain
Due to england being the only protestant country in the world

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3
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Which area did religion cause problems for ?

A

north east england who disapproved of the protestant queen and started multiple rebellions

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4
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How much debt was elizabeth in by the time she became queen?

A

£300,000

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5
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Why did elizabeth struggle as a woman?

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people believed women weren’t strong enough to lead especially in battle, and her husband could marry her to exploit her power

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6
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Which growing issues were elizabeth blamed fpr?

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landowners kicking farmers off their land causing homelessness
outbreaks of disease eg sweating sickness

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7
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why did henry v111 turn the country protestant

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divorce was forbidden in the catholic faith

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8
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which areas were mainly catholic

A

north and west england

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9
Q

how much more power did spain have than england when elizabeth came into power?

A

5 times as much wealth
biggest superpower in the world

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10
Q

who was head of the church for puritans

A

no one

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11
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who should run the church in puritanism

A

elected committees

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12
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what language should the bible be in puritanism

A

english

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13
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what should churches look like for puritans

A

simple and not decorated

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14
Q

should priests wear vestments for puritans

A

no

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15
Q

how did elizabeth make a “middle way”

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left grey areas that meant the rules of services didn’t specifically tailor to catholics or protestants

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16
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how did the pope react to elizabeth’s middle way

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didn’t immediately excommunicate her because she agreed the settlement was fair

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17
Q

which year was the act of persuasions

A

1581

18
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what did the act of persuasions do

A

fined recusants £20
additional fines for catholics going to mass instead of elizabeth’s services
jailed for 3 months if didn’t pay fine
if recusant converted protestant to catholic they could be put to death

19
Q

which year was the act against priests

A

1585

20
Q

what did the act of the priests do

A

allowed death penalty for anyone offering shelter or aid to catholic priests
being a catholic priest was treason - could be executed

21
Q

when was the recusancy act

A

1587

22
Q

what did the recusancy act do

A

allowed the government to take two thirds of the land owned by recusants who owed fines
forced rich catholics into death

23
Q

how was physical punishment used to scare catholics

A

margaret clitherow - accused of sheltering priests
died by pressing where she was pressed by a door with weights

24
Q

which year was the act restraining recusants

A

1593

25
Q

what did the act against recusants do

A

stopped recusants being able to socialise
required identified recusants to stay within 5 miles of their home
banned them from holding large gatherings

26
Q

what is a puritan

A

a very strict kind of protestant who believed that there should be a more pure kind of worship

27
Q

which year was the act of uniformity

A

1559

28
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what did the act of uniformity do

A

all worship must be uniform
each week people attended church service that followed the book of common prayer in english
those not attending had to pay a fine

29
Q

which year was the act of supremacy

A

1559

30
Q

what did the act of supremacy do

A

elizabeth was supreme governor of the church of england (house of lords rejected it at first)
elizabeth was initially given title supreme head but protested as her father was allowed the title supreme governor

31
Q

what happened to the catholic population between 1558 and 1603

A

3 million to 40,000

32
Q

which year did mary queen of scots arrive in england

A

1568

33
Q

what was the threat from mary queen of scot’s arriving in england

A

elizabeth was worried catholics might support mqos and rise up against her
it could have caused a war with scotland
she imprisoned mary for 19 years

34
Q

which year did the seminary priests arrive

A

1580

35
Q

which year did jesuits arrive in england

A

1580

36
Q

what was the threat from the arrival of jesuits

A

caused nobles eg thomas tresham to challenge elizabeth by not going to church

37
Q

when did the numbers of recusants start increasing

A

1580

38
Q

which year was the throckmorton plot

A

1583

39
Q

what was the impact of the throckmorton plot

A

introduced an act called ‘bond of association’ where anyone plotting to kill the queen would be executed

40
Q

what was the throckmorton plot

A

a physical attempt to replace elizabeth with mary