History Flashcards
Elizabeth
Society based on
Society based on great chain of being
God
Queen
Nobles. Nad bishops
Gentry
General public
problems and challanges elizabeth faced in 1558
legitamacy
gender
marriage
religion
debt
poverty
abroad
Legitamacy
LEGITAMACY:
Born to married parents
Father divorced -catholics didn’t believe marriade was legitimate therefore elizabeth wasn’t
Executed mother and declaed e illegitimate
Gender
GENDER:
Female
Ppl believed they weren’t suited to be monarchs
Christianity emphasised women where under men
Monachs expected to lead armies into war women couldn’t do that
Marriage
MARRIAGE:
Last survivibg tudor-pressure for heir to carry on monarchy avoiding debate or tension
E sceptical abt marriage +her power would diminish+husband would have mire authority over her
Rule her iwn right and wiling to deak with riskd
debt
£300,000 in debt interest of 14% meaning longer it tpok more she would have to pay
France
stronger and wealthier-fighting eng on and off for years+allies with Scotland AULD ALLIANCE cousin became queen in 1559
Scortland
claimed she was the legitimate heir to throne through hernys sister who was her grandma,traditional enemy to eng+border was hard to defend and French troops where placed in 1558
Spain
SPAIN:
Tension grew when E came into power,Catholic+might ally with France and restore catholic eng,married to her sister and proposed but she rejected+most powerful and wealthy country at the time
Religion
2 groups Protestantism and Catholisism
Reformation began when henry wanted to ivorce his wife
Before printing press only church made books then bcz of printing press it was mass produced no longer hard to find but everyone could get
Persecution and violence want uncommone
COMPROMISED
Act of supremacy +uniformity
Supremacy pope has no religious athourity over eng
Uniformity-All churches used book of common prayer church services appealed to both
Universitsy founded to. To educated protestant clergymen
Poverty
Population growth increased poverty and the demand for food
Bad harvest and inflation lead to starvation and people accepted lower wages
Sheep farming kess labour more land for sheep and foof for sheep=poverty
Clorh trade collapsed in late 1550s
Chain of being mad clear wealthy where better than peasants
Most wealthy people made an occationla donation to charity bcz queen and god would look after subjects
Older people and disabled-deserving
Able to work but didn’t have job-undeserving
Thouh they worked for devil+bring plaque
1572 vagabond act
1572 vagabonds act
Whipped+hole drilled through esar
Vagrants imprisoned 2nd arrested 3rd death penalty
National poor rate
Jp keep register of poor
Towns and cities had to find job for poors
1576 poo relief act
Jps provided undeserving wool+raw materials to sell
Those who refused sent to prison funded by poor rates
