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Qieen, Governent And Religion Flashcards

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What is nobility

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(Great landowners)

Wealthy, huge influence, 50 families

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What is gentry

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(Lesser landowners)

Social elite, owned land , no other work , 10,000

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What are yeomen

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Owned there own land

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What are Tenant farmers

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Renter land from land owners

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What is the social hierarchy

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Monarch at top (most important in nobility)
Pyramid determines how much land you owned
Owed respect to above and had respect from below

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What percentage of the English population lived or worked in the countryside

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90%

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How could you become a landless labourers or unskilled worker?

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Bad harvest or an illness

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What are merchants and professionals

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Wealthy
30,000 families
Eg, lawyers and doctors

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What are skilled craftsmen

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Skilled employees + trainees
In guilds on standards of trade
Eg. Carpenter, silversmith

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Where were the largest town and most important

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London

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What were women viewed as

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Wife, obedient, domestic, under authority of man

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What beliefs about women did Mary confirm and how.

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She seemed to have confirmed beliefs that women cant rules

by getting the country into war.

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How could Elizabeth address her gender problem?

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Prove she was as good as a ruler as any man and win over critics

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Why did henry Vlll make himself head of church?

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So he could divorce from his first wife and marry Anne boyeyn

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Why did some catholics believe that Elizabeth was illegitimate ti the throne.

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The pope didn’t authorise his divorce therefore henrys and annes marriage wasnt valid

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Why was there little QE. Could do about her illegitimacy problem

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Because even marriage and children couldnt change her parents illegitimate marriage

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WhT did people expect QE, to do (heir probem)

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Marry quick and have children to ensure political stability

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18
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Why did Elizabeth turn down 2 potential husbands in the early weeks of her reign.

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She was focused on immediate problems of the war with france and religious settlement

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Why would QE marrying a nobleman be problematic

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Could cause anger and jealousy among other nobles

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20
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4 examples of the monarchs power

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Punish criminals
Declare war make peace
Call and dismiss parliament
Regent laws

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21
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2 limits to the monarchs power

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Had to be advised by leading nobles

No full time royal army

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What was the court

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Lived near the monarch

Members of nobility

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What did the court do

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Advise and influence the monarch

Display wealth

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What was the secretary of state

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Closest to the monarch
Advised the queen,

Sir William cecil help the position till 1573

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What was parliament

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Nobility and gentry
QE. Needed consent form new laws and taxes
queen summoned parliament

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Who where the lord lieutenants

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Chosen by monarch
Nobility and privy council
Trained local military
Oversaw policies and country defences

27
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Who were the justices of the peace

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Large land owners
Kept law in local areas
Unpaid, reported to privy council
Made sure all policies happened

28
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Why was QE in debt

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She inherited 300,000 Edwards war with Scotland and Mary’s with France.

29
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What was QE expected to pay

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All the costs of running the country and the royal household

30
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Where could the monarch potentially get money from

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Rent or sale of crown land
Fines
Taxes

31
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(3) probelms of why QE would struggle to make money

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Rents where fixed
Suffering high levels of inflation
Increase tax would risk loosing nobility/gentry support
Asking parliament to introduce new taxes would give them too much power

32
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Why was it important that QE picked the correct privy council

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Picked right = loyal team to help run country

Picked wrong = alienated some of the most powerful men in country

33
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Why was the privy council important

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Decided on big decisions ( war, religion and marriage)

Responsibility for administration

34
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How were France and Scotland linked

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They were both catholic

35
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Why was there a threat of invasion with France

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France was a catholic country and they wanted MQofS to be queen of England so they could invade on her behalf

36
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Why was continuing war with France a good thing

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Military victory we get the reign off to good start

Victory would end the danger of invasion from France and Scotland

37
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Why was making peace with France good

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Nothing to suggest that England could win the war

Could not afford to continue sending aid to phillip ll

38
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Why had poverty increases throughout the 16th century

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England with suffering high levels of inflation
there was a slump in trade and many lost their jobs
enclosure meant that fewer labourers were needed
Henry Vlll closed England’s monetary meaning there was less help for the poor

39
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Why was poverty a problem

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It was Elizabeth did nothing to tackle poverty
unpopularity could increase
people living through hardship with more like to join the rebellion

40
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How is it shown that Elizabeth thought France war was a problem

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She spent a lot of money on preparations which means she took it seriously even though she was in debt

41
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Why was poverty less of a problem in 1558

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There was a good harvest which gave Elizabeth breathing space

42
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How did Elizabeth show that financial weakness was a problem

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She severely cut back right from the beginning which shows important

43
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What did the catholic religion want in the church

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Keep the pope as head of church
expensive decorations
believe the clergy should not marry and wear a richly decorated robes
Bible in Latin

44
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What does Protestants want in the church

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Queen is head of church
less decorative
church clergy could marry and wear plain gowns
Bibble and English

45
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What did puritans want in the church

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Didn’t believe in the head of the church
very plain church
clergy should wear black gowns
Bible in English

46
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Two reasons why religion was so important in the 16th century

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Following the right religion would be rewarded by God

Religion gave people hope and support during times of hardship

47
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Why did Elizabeth want everyone to follow the same religion

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As division could lead to religious Civil War which would mean in England was weak if invaded

48
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Three examples of religious rebellions in the past

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Henry the eighth pilgrimage of grace
Edward peion and cornwall rebellion
Mary first wyatts rebellion

49
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Why did many Protestants return home expecting a Protestant country after Mary the first

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Elizabeth was Protestant

50
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What would happen if the pope excommunicated Elizabeth

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Catholic supports were released from obeying her and he could call Catholic powers in Europe to lead in religious crusades to overthrow

51
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Why would compromise be difficult in the religious settlement

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Catholics couldn’t accept a woman as head of church and puritans didn’t want the church that had decorations of Catholicism

52
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Why did Elizabeth rule out a puritan religion

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She didn’t want to turn a catholic subjects against her

53
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Why was that general acceptance from Catholics and Protestants

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There are clear elements in the settlement to please both

54
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How did the bishops and clergy respond to the oath( religious settlemen)

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Only one Bishop agreed

55
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Why did Elizabeth leave part of the settlement open to interpretation

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So she could satisfy both religions

56
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How did the pope Spain and France respond to the religious settlement

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None of them took any action against that settlement which gave Elizabeth time to enforce any laws

57
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What did puritans disagree with and the religious settlement (4)

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The head of church
the Catholic appearance of the church
the Bible and services
the religious robes

58
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Which influential position did puritans hold increasing puritan threat

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MPs in the House of Commons and members of the Queens Council

59
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How did the puritans tried to persuade in Elizabeth to make changes

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Push for removal of too catholic things

Campaigned about wearing plain black gowns

60
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Why did Elizabeth refused to agree the puritans wishes

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The puritans will never plot to overthrow her will have a foreign country to attack her
The puritans were minority

61
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How did some Catholics oppose the settlement

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They went to mass in secret or they did not go to church services at all

62
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Why were the Catholics not a significant threat

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If the Catholics were loyal to her Elizabeth would turn a blind eye

63
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Why was Catholics potential threat a problem

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This was significant because foreign catholic dominance surrounded England

Elizabeth 1558-69 (4 decks)

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