Elizabethan T1 Flashcards
Problems Elizabeth inherited
- illegitimate
- female
- big debts
- catholic threats
- religious conflict
Wyatt rebellion
Protestant rebellion against Eliz that failed
Popularity methods?
Portraits - many wealthy nobles had one in their home to show loyalty, offensive portraits burned
Personal - keen to avoid religious conflict, well educated, could speak 4 languages
Royal progresses - tours in the hone counties (around London) for 6 weeks in summer
Appearance - expensive clothes & jewels, she actually had scars from smallpox, black teeth and thin hair
Publications - 60 printing presses made censorship easy
Lord Lieutenant
1 per county
High status Privy Counsellor, wealthy
Informed the queen what happened in local area
Parish Constable/Night Watchmen 👮♀️
Arrest and punish people
Patrolled streets and watched vagabonds
Sheriff
Low status/not needed
Local affairs/collect taxes
Overseer of Poor
Organise local tax, distribute money to the poor
Justices of Peace (JPs)
Unpaid - did it to raise status levels
30-60 per county
Maintain law at local levek and keep eye on poor
William Cecil - protestant
Secretary of State
Lord Treasurer
In charge of finances
Robert Dudley - puritan
Commander of army
Sent to Netherlands but returned after failing to get along with generals
Christopher Hatton
Lord Chancellor
Organised royal progresses
Francis Walsingham
Head of Secret Service and organised the soy network
Uncovered murder plots for Elizabeth
Foreign affairs
Parliament
Not very powerful
Only met when queen called (13x in E’s reign)
HofL were elected lords/bishops/judges
HoC - 450 members
Reasons for Parliament meeting
Short of money and needed to increase taxes (main one!) - often caused by wars
Help pass acts
Support and advice
MPs mainly had freedom of speech but could not discuss foreign policy, religion or marriage
Royal Court and Patronage
Royal court = centre of all political powers and travelled with E on royal progresses
Patronage = people would do anything she wanted for loyalty and support from queen - created factions