England In 1558 Flashcards
The court
Noblemen who acted as monarchs advisers
Justice of the peace
Large landowners that kept law and order
Lord lieutenants
Noblemen that goverened english counties and raised Militia
Parliment
House of lord (noblemen and bishops) and house of commons (elected by rich)
Privy council
Members of nobility that helped goven the country, monitered parliment
Countryside society order
Nobility
Gentry
Yeomen farmers
Tenant farmers
Landless and labouring poor
Homless and vagrants
(90% of population)
Towns society order
Merchants
Professionals
Buisness ownsers
Craftsmen
Unemployed
(10% of population)
Problems with virgin queen
Young and lacked expericne, needed money, legitmacy, needed support of parliment, unmarried, protestant, catholics refused her right
Key issues in 1588 with the virgin queen
Widely expected she would marry, inexpience and needed help from privy council, could issue royal proclamations
Elizabeths charcter and strenghts
Confident and charasmatic, well eeucated(spoke 3 languages), ressilant, execellent grasp of politics, protestant(no. Of them were growing)
Elizabeths strengths
She was woman… but extraordinary, she only married to england (virgin queen)
Financial challenges at home
1558- crown in 300,000 debt, 100,000 to forgein money lenders(large 14% intrest), Mary tudor sold land for war with france-income from rent went down, elizabeth needed money to reqrd supporters, inflation went up
What elizabeth did to deal with finnacial issues
Didnt raise taxes, harded her income and cut the household expenses in half
Sold crown lands- 120,000 by 1574- crown was out of debt for the first time since 1558
Challenges abroad with france
French wealthier and bigger population, cousin married heir to the french throne
Auld alliance
France and sctoland, marys husband- francis II king in 1559
