Elizabethan England

Question 1

Overview of topic

Answer 1

● Elizabeth I and her court: background and character of Elizabeth I; court life, including patronage; key ministers.
● The difficulties of a female ruler: relations with Parliament; the problem of marriage and the succession; the strengthof Elizabeth’s authority at the end of her reign, including Essex’s rebellion in 1601.
Part two: Life in Elizabethan times
- A ‘Golden Age’: living standardsand fashions; growing prosperity and the rise of the gentry; the Elizabethan theatre and its achievements; attitudes to the theatre.

Question 2

Who was Henvry VIII

Answer 2

Elizabeths father - broke away from roman catholic church to become head of the church (to allow him to divorce from his wives).