Politics / Goverment Flashcards
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Royal court
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- Mobile operation
- Run by Lord Chamberlin
- 500 nobles, servants, advisors and officials all together
- Everyone competing for power
- Liz never built a proper court to stay economical
2
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Progresses
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- Travels in SE, Midlands and East anglia
- Good relationship with her subjects, seen as a godess
- Let her live luxury as she went to stay at places like Hardwick hall
- Let ger get away from plague-ridden London
3
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Performance
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- The court served as a social hub
- Lavish banquets, musical performances, plays and tournaments
- Acted as propaganda
4
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Patronage
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- Gives people gobs and expects loyalty back from them
- Form of “soft power”
- Corrupt but effective
5
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Privy council
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- Co-ordinated law courts and financial departments
- Advised the Queen on decisions
- Nobility, gentry and church members
6
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Elizabeth’s privy council
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- Careful with who she employed
- Slowly pushed out the nobility
- Created a small, efficient and highly-educated group
- Main member was William Cecil who she had a very good relationship with
7
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Parliment
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- Moarch decides when it’s called
- Liz saw it as an inconvenient necessity
- Called for laws against Catholics, tax rises and use of taxes
- PMs speak up more due to their higher-education
8
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Years of decline
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- Many of her most trusted councilors had died including Cecil in 1598
- Made her angry and depressed
- Faced sharp criticsm and questioned of her position
