Elizabethan England: opposition to political power and control. Flashcards
which group were the ‘noisiest’ of her political opponents?
puritans.
what were the issues regarding the puritans?
held power in parliament.
felt like her religious changes weren’t strict enough on the catholic religion and it’s followers.
publicly criticise any involvement involving her with a foreign catholic power.
regularly broke her command not to talk about certain things.
who was john Stubbes, what did he do, and what was his punishment?
wrote a pamphlet criticising Elizabeth’s connection to the French catholic the duke of Anjou in 1579.
right hand chopped off and released from prison in 1581.
who was the Earl of Essex , what did he do and what was he outcome?
young nobleman who took a fancy to Elizabeth near the end of her reign.
used his charm and good looks to charm his way onto the privy council and secure military commands.
Essex regularly became to big for his boots and eventually led a rebellion against Liz and got executed in 1601.
he was liked by the queen as he had some great successes such as the raid on Cadiz in 1589 against Spanish but he went against the commands of Liz such as making peace with the Irish rebels in 1599.
