How effectively did Elizabeth manage her Parliaments? Flashcards
What are the 4 themes in the question ‘How effectively did QE manage her parliaments?
- Parliamentary privilege
- Issues over religion
- Issues over marriage and succession
- Issues over monopolies
- PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGE
PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGE
When did Paul Wentworth raise the issue of freedom of speech?
1566
When did Peter Wentworth raise the issue of freedom of speech?
1571, 1576 and 1587
What was Peter Wentworth sent to the Tower for saying?
That QE ruled through ‘rumours and messages’
- ISSUES OVER RELIGION
ISSUES OVER RELIGION
What was the group who met before Pment to try and achieve religious change?
Puritan Choir
When did Walter Strickland propose minor religious reforms, leading to him being briefly barred from Parliament?
April 1571
Who proposed major Puritan religious reforms in 1586?
Anthony Cope
What happened to Anthony Cope after his proposals?
Cope and four others were sent to the tower
Who led opposition to harsher puritan reforms in the 1593 Parliament?
Walter Raleigh MP
- ISSUES OVER MARRIAGE AND SUCCESSION
ISSUES OVER MARRIAGE AND SUCCESSION
What did QE equate naming a successor to?
Being buried alive
When did Pment petition QE to marry?
1559
When was James born, easing pressure on QE to name a successor?
1566
