Elizabethans Flashcards
what was the difference between Catholics and protestants
catholics
-latin bibles
-pope is the head of the church
-priests wear vestments
protestants
-english bible
-plain churches
-monarch is head of church
what are puritans
extreme protestants
why did elizabeth become a tougher queen
seminary priests arrive
Jesuits arrive
mary queen of scots arrived
plots against her
increasing number of recusants
spanish armada
what is a seminary priest
young english catholics who had to train abroad as priests
what is a jesuit priest
catholic priest sent by pope to work undercover in england
what is a recusant
catholics who refused to attend anglican church service
what was the throckmorton plot
coded letters sent to france
want mary instead of elizabeth
wanted france to invade
what was the bond of assosiation
law stating that if anyone is associated with a plot to remove the queen, they will be charged with treason
what was the babington plot
anthony babington sent coded letter to mary QOS
code was cracked by walsingham
walsingham arrested babington
what happened to Mary QOS after she came to england
1568 arrived in england
1568 arrested as soon as she arrived
1587 she was executed
how did elizabeth deal with catholics
recusancy law
jesuits are executed when found
execution of MQOS
what was the recusancy law
catholics had to pay 20£ per month
what happened to margaret clitherow
pressed to death for refusing to reveal catholic priests while prgnant
what happened to edmund campion
hung, drawn, quartered
what caused the war with spain
personal grudge
pope gregory said it would not be sin to kill elizabeth
england stole spanish gold
elizabeth allowed drake to attack spanish ships
execution of MQOS triggered war
what was Prince Phillip II’s grudge against Elizabeth
she turned down his proposal
what were the spanish mistakes made during the armada
captain no experience sailing
spanish army wasnt in the netherlands
what were the english strengths through the armada
england attacked with fire ships
what are fireships
fast and manoevable english ships
how did the weather affect the armada
a storm began
wind blew the armada to scotland
what did elizabeth use to rule her country
royal court
privy chambers
privy council
royal progress
what was the royal court
over 60 residents
courtiers
servants
dances
what was the privy chambers
queens private bed chamber
only women allowed
what was the privy council
council dealing with day to day problems
19 councellors
what did puritans want
pure religion
no festivals
no christmas
no sport
no theatre
accused women of being witches
what did elizabeth do to john stubbs and why
he had his right hand cut off for criticising marry for not wanting to marry a catholic
what did elizabeth do to peter wentworth an why
he was arrested and put in the tower of london for wanting the right to state who the queen should marry
what meetings did puritans organise
prophesyings
what was the amonition of parliment
a puritain manifesto published in 1572 that demaned elizabeth restore england to its purity of the new testement
how did elizabeth deal with puritans
removed their printing presses
1593 act against seditious sectaries
how did elizabeth control england
nobility
law courts
lord lieutenant
JPs
how did the nobility help contol england
run localities on her behalf
collect tax
dispense law and order
how did the law courts help control england
uses their authority from the privy council
how did the lord lieutenant help control engand
one per county
a wealthy noble
provided soliders for war
how did JPs help control england
collected taxes
set wage rates
repaired roads
how does elizabeth control her nobility
personality
temper
patronage
spies
who set up the essex rebellion
robert deuerux
what year was the essex rebellion
1601
what was the 1601 poor law
compulsory nation wide
everyone had to contribute
begging was banned
if caught you would be whipped
who were the impotant poor
people unable to work due to age
who were the able bodied poor
poor people who were physically able to work but unemployed
who were the vagabonds
seen as lazy and threat to established social order.
anyone caught over the age of 18 was hanged
what was the act of supremacy
people should worship and the queen was the head of the church
positive expriences and developments
gentry became richer
growth of towns and trade
idea of hierarchy
negative experiences
majority were lower sort
arranged marriages for gentry
life often short
harsh laws
what made england ‘ merry ‘
golden age
parish feasts
wise women helped heel people
new theatres
theatres only closed through plagues
who were the explorers
John Dee
Drake
Walter Raleigh
John Davis
what did john dee do
idea of british empire and ruling over the north atlantic
created rivals and competition
what exploration dd drake fail to find gold
el dorado
roanoke
raleigh found a new colony
led to book settlers used
roanoke originally failed due to lack of planning an funding
lost colony
delayed by attack of spanish armada
what year was EIC given to elizabeth
1600
what luxuries became a demand
silk
cotton
jewels
perfumes
spices
what happened to englands international trade
started off very slowly
dominated trade routes to the east
the spanish war made it hard to access trade
