Elizabethan England Unit 1 Key Terms Flashcards
What is the Auld alliance
The name of the alliance between France and Scotland
What was The Court
A body of people who lived in or near the monarch who would entertain or advise the monarch
What did the crown refer to
The monarch and their government
What were custom duties
Taxes from trade
How much debt was England in
£300,000
What was the Divine Right
Belief that the monarchs right to rule came from God
What were the Gentry
People of high social class
Who were the Justices of peace
Large landowners who kept law and order in their local area
Who were the Nobility
Someone in the aristocracy, at the top of the social hierachy
Who were in the parliament
Made up of the house of lords and the house of commons. Elizabeth called parliament only ten times during her reign
What was Patronage
To provide someone with an important job or position
Who were the Privy council
Made up of leading couriers and advisors as well as nobles and senior government officials. Met three times a weel
What was the Royal Perogative
Elizabeth could insist that Parliament did not talk about certain Issues
Who was the Secretary of state
Elizabeth’s most important privy counsellor
What was the problem of succession
The question of who would be ruler after Elizabeth
What is a controversy
Public disagreement
What does it mean to be excommunicated
Expelled from the Catholic Church
What was the Genoese Loan
Phillip II borrowed money from bankers in Genoa to pay troops in the Netherlands, Elizabeth stole the money
What is a Heretic
Someone who refused to follow the religion on the monarch
What is a Martyr
Someone who dies for their religious beliefs
What was the Spanish inquisition
Set up by Spain in 1947 to keep Spanish territories true to the Catholic faith
