How successfully did QE deal with the issue of marriage and succession? Flashcards
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What are the 4 themes to the question ‘How successfully did QE deal with the issue of marriage and succession?
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- Parliament
- Faction
- Mary Queen of Scots
- Not losing power
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- PARLIAMENT
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PARLIAMENT
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When did QE nearly die of smallpox?
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October 1562
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What pamphlet did Peter Wentworth write?
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‘A pithy exhortation to her majesty for establishing her successor’
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What did Peter Wentworth say in his pamphlet?
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That QE would leave a name of infamy throughout the world if she did not name a successor
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How was Peter Wentworth punished?
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He was sent to the tower, where he died in 1597
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- FACTION
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FACTION
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When did Dudley convince QE not to marry Archduke Charles, who Cecil supported?
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1567
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How did QE end the factional rivalry between Dudley and the Howards?
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By saying she would not marry Dudley
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- MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
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MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
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When did Mary arrive in England?
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May 1568
