keyword defintions Flashcards

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Define ‘Alms-house’

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a house for the poor, paid by charity

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Define ‘ambassador’

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the office representative of a foreign ruler

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Define ‘armada’

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Spanish word for a fleet or warships

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Define ‘book of common prayer’

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a book that contained orders of church services

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define brownist

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a follower of Robert Browne (a separatist)

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Define ‘Calvinist’

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a follower of John Calvin a man man who carried out protestant reformation in Geneva

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define communion

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religious service that involved offering of bread and wine to the congregation

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define council of the north

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they enforced government authority and policies in north of England

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Define ‘courtier’

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a person who attends the Royal Court

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Define ‘dissolution of the monasteries’

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the official closure of all monasteries between 1536-39 on the order of Henry VIII

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Define ‘doctrine’

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the principles of a religious belief

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Define ‘dowry’

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money or property paid by the father of the bride on her marriage

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Define ‘excommunicate’

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to expel from the Roman Catholic Church, thereby denying the individual to enter heaven

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Define ‘hawking’

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the sport of falcons to return from flight to their trainer and to hunt under the direction of their trainer

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Define ‘illegitimate’

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a child born to parents who were not married by time of birth

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Define ‘inflation’

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an increase of a wide range of prices and services

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Define ‘jesuit’

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member of the society of jesus founded in 1540 to support the pope in their fight against heretics and to carry out missionary work

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Define ‘justice of the peace’

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an official appointed by the government to keep law and order and to try minor court cases

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Define ‘labouring poor’

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those who worked with their hands, often for low wages and frequently living in poverty

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Define ‘lady-in-waiting’

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a lady who is a queens or princesses attendant

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Define ‘local militia’

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part-time forces raised in each county, in times of emergency to help put down rebels and maintain peace

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Define ‘Lord chamberlain’

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person who ran the Royal Household

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Define ‘Marian debt’

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Queen Mary I had spent more money to run the country then she had received through taxation, therefore she had to borrow money

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Define ‘Marian exiles’

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protestants who fled abroad to protestant cities such as geneva and frankfurt after the catholic Mary I became queen in 1553

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Define ‘Marian persecution’

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the persecution of non catholics during reign of mary I

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Define ‘mass’

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the main service of the Roman catholic church in which the body and blood of christ in the form of bread and wine are consumed

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Define ‘Mullion’

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a vertical stone or wooden bar between window panes, often carved or ornate

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Define ‘Poor relief’

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action taken by the government, the church or private individuals to help the poor

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Define ‘privateer’

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a privately owned ship commissioned for war service by a government

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Define ‘Propoganda’

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material issues, usually by governments; to persuade people to think or behave in a particular way

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Define ‘prophesyings’

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meeting of ministers and other interested parties in which ministers practiced their preaching skills

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Define ‘regent’

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person who govern while the monarch is under age

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Define ‘Secret service’

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government department that conducts intelligence operations such as spying

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Define ‘seminary priests’

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priests trained Roman Catholic colleges

35
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Define ‘smallpox’

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an infectious disease with a high fever and eruptions on the skin

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Define ‘Spanish Inquisition’

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set up in Spain in 1479 to root out heresy; those arrested were sometimes tortured if found guilty burnt at the stake

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Define ‘Spanish main’

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term used to describe those parts of central and southern America ruled by Spain and the seas around them which they controlled