Progresses Flashcards
What were they?
Tours Elizabeth would go on most summers to visit the homes of the nobility.
What did progresses allow for Elizabeth?
She could be seen by her subjects regularly, could build up a relationship with her people and to flatter the nobles she chose to stay with.
What did Elizabeth appear as to her subjects?
A Goddess.
How did they allow Elizabeth to live in luxury?
The nobility all desperately tried to impress her through extravagance and generosity.
What did the nobility provide for the Queen and her courtiers on these progresses?
Food, accommodation and entertainment.
Why was it good that these journeys removed the court from capitals sometimes?
These journeys removed the court from sweltering capitals when plague was rife and the filthy royal palaces could be fumigated before the Queen’s return.
