How successfully did Elizabeth manage faction?

Question 1

What does Patronage mean?

Answer 1

-rewarding people with offices, titles, land or wealth to ensure loyalty

Question 2

What does faction mean?

Answer 2

-a group of people divided by views on a certain thing which causes instability

Question 3

Which branches of government would faction present itself?

Answer 3

-Privy Council
-Court

Question 4

What were the main factions?

Answer 4

-Cecil V Dudley
-Dudley V Norfolk
-Robert Cecil and Essex (Devereux)

Question 5

When was the Cecil V Dudley faction?

Answer 5

1560s

Question 6

What was the Cecil V Dudley faction?

Answer 6

-Dudley’s appointment was challenged due to his relation to Northumberland
-Cecil saw Dudley’s closeness to the Queen as a threat to his power
-divided over marriage and foreign issues such as support for rebels in Netherlands
-marriage

Question 7

When was the Dudley V Norfolk faction?

Answer 7

1560s

Question 8

What was the Dudley V Norfolk faction?

Answer 8

-accusation of Dudley killing his wife->wore distinctive coloured ribbons for each side
-marriage
-Elizabeth ended this by making it clear that she would not marry Dudley
-rivalry split the court->anti-Dudley faction

Question 9

When was the Robert Cecil V Essex (Devereux) faction?

Answer 9

1590s

Question 10

What was the Robert Cecil V Essex (Devereux) faction?

Answer 10

-Cecil didn’t like Essex
-divided over politics
-groomed to take over by father
-great organisational skills
-exploit patronage for prizes and reduce Essex’s influence

Question 11

Why was the Robert Cecil V Essex (Devereux) faction much more problematic?

Answer 11

-much more problematic compared to the others->Essex had to be executed due to him plotting against her

Question 12

Who was Essex’s (Devereux) step father?

Answer 12

Robert Dudley

Question 13

What day to day things did Elizabeth do to tackle factions?

Answer 13

-participated in discussions
-kept accurate notes
-promoted discussions
-displayed affection
-consulted with an outside the council particularly foreign ambassadors

Question 14

What rare things did Elizabeth do to tackle factions?

Answer 14

-displayed anger and even violence like executions (only Norfolk and Essex)

Question 15

How did Elizabeth use factions to her advantage?

Answer 15

-more easily controlled at court due to all of them trying to gain her favour
-disgruntled, but little potential to be disruptive
-variety of advice->whichever course of action she chose, she would be ensured of support from at least some of the court
-exploiting her gender
-they were unable to persuade her to marry
-factions were there to gain favour not be disruptive so she knew how to deal with it

Question 16

What are some examples of factions not stopping the government in Elizabeth’s reign?

Answer 16

-religious settlement 1559
-Elizabeth did not marry a foreigner
-MQS was executed
-help was sent to the Dutch rebels (William of Orange)
-the rebellions in Ireland were crushed
-the Spanish were defeated in war