Political Nation and the social basis of power

Question 1

Elizabethan Settlement

Answer 1

A compromised Protestant Church with Catholic elements with the vast majority happy.

Question 2

Personal Monarchy

Answer 2

Power of crown was theoretically absolute, supported by the Divine Right of Kings + Rebellion = sin.Monarchs personality could effect policy.

Question 3

Royal Prerogative

Answer 3

Range of powers held by Crown that could/should not be challenged

Question 4

Absolutism

Answer 4

Form of government with monarch with unlimited powers, specifically able to raise money + taxes with no Parliament

Question 5

Subsidy

Answer 5

A form of economic support for a particular undertaking, a sum of money to promote/aid policies eg warfare. Crown subsidy came in form of Parliamentary tax on land + property

Question 6

Unwritten Constitution

Answer 6

England had no written constitution - mix of Parliamentary laws, common law and documents

Question 7

Great Chain of Being

Answer 7

Sea of ordered society set in place by God everyone was linked + must accept their place

Question 8

Political Nation

Answer 8

Refers to those people with economic, political and social influence

Question 9

Royal Proclamation

Answer 9

Where the King declares a law without Parliament

Question 10

Act of Supremacy

Answer 10

1534

Question 11

Queen Mary

Answer 11

1559

Question 12

Elizabethan Settlement

Answer 12

1563

Question 13

Acts + Monuments

Answer 13

1563

Question 14

Spanish Armada

Answer 14

1588