england in 1558

Question 1

england was a divided country in 1558

Answer 1

in terms of religion with the population spilt berween catholics and prtestants

Question 2

this division in religion had a significant impact on how people supported elizabeth

Answer 2

catholics saw elizabeth as the illegitimate child of henry VIII and anne boleyn. this is because many catholics did not recognise the legitimacy of the marriage between henry VIII and anne boleyn.

Question 3

three million people lived in england and wales

Answer 3

and it was a structured and hierarchical society

Question 4

after a series of bad harvests in the mid 1550s, there was an increase im food prices and unemployment

Answer 4

england was at war with france and had lost calais, which was its last military outpost in france. this was a blow to the english prestige

Question 5

a combination of war, rising unemployment and inflation left to elizabeth I……

Answer 5

inheariting a country with a dept of 300,000 making england on the verge of bankruptcy