Quotes

Question 1

Haigh view on how Mary gained power

- a revolution or not….

Answer 1

“Mary had swept to power by a revolution”

Question 2

Susan Doran eliz prot settlement ?

Answer 2

‘as soon as she was proclaimed queen, Elizabeth made it clear to her subjects that she intended to introduce a protestant church settlement.’

Question 3

David Load; success of the 1539 settlement

Answer 3

‘however, Elizabeth lived long enough and pursed a sufficiently consistent policy, for the settlement of 1559 to take root and become generally perceived as “the face of an English court” ‘

Question 4

D. MacCulloch the churches identity

Answer 4

D. MacCulloch: the church was never defined in its indentity, neither protestant nor catholic

Question 5

bossy vs haigh on missionary priests

Answer 5

John Bossy: seminary preist and jesuits did much to ensure the survival of catholicism

Christopher Haigh: seminary priests and jesuits had little contribution

Question 6

guys view on eliz attempts in foreign policy to reconcile conflicting interests

Answer 6

attempt to reconcile conflicting strategic religious and commercial interests at a minimal cost

Question 7

Doran on the catholic plots

Answer 7

Truly dangerous moments

fatal for elizabethan England’s short lived experiment with protestantism

Question 8

younger the strength of eliz final years as shown by succession lush quote

Answer 8

the fact eliz peacefully handed over her kingdom to her sucessor in 1603 “INWARDLY TRANQUIL, POOR BUT SOLVENT, TESTED BUT NOT DEFEATED, WITH A LONG WAR ALL BUT WON” represented her greatest triumph

Question 9

collinson eliz final years

Answer 9

“nasty nineties”

Question 10

guy on eliz final years

Answer 10

“second reign” distinct form + style characterised unrelenting struggle many problems faced by regime

Question 11

Duffy on mary and pole

Answer 11

succ in turning England closest thing EU to counter reformation

Question 12

Murphy on marian parliament

Answer 12

“cooperation rather than conflict” in Parliament

Question 13

Smith on the importance of marian financial reforms to liz

Answer 13

Marian financial reforms “were fundamental for Elizabeth’s solvency and thus for Elizabethan achievement as a whole.”

Question 14

lees view on the 1559 settlement

Answer 14

“pulled Protestants and Catholics into a new balance least likely to threaten the political security of England.”

Question 15

Neale on the essex rebellion

Answer 15

“snatched defeat from the jaws of victory”

Question 16

guy on socio economic problems liz final years

Answer 16

“turmoil created by rising prices, bad harvests and out breaks”

Question 17

Haigh on liz political skills

Answer 17

“she was a nervous politician struggling for survival”

Question 18

warren describing Cecil

Answer 18

“the crowns manger of all parliamentary business”

Question 19

Wernham on Liz foreign policy

Answer 19

consistant + ultimately such policy towards Neth founded as much on fear of France as Spain

Question 20

Wilson on Liz foreign policy

Answer 20

policies inconsistent largely unsuccessful - fear f exaggerated desire autonomy insincere failure polices led divisions rebels 1577 + disastrous 1581

Question 21

MacCaffrey on Liz foreign policy

Answer 21

less succ Wernam more succ wilson

Question 22

Guy on reaction Cecil and Walsingham to catholic threats

Answer 22

“extreme irrational paranoia”

Question 23

Graves on parliament

Answer 23

“there was at no time a struggle for power in the state”

“To the very end parliaments remained conclaves of queen… characterised by essential unity….and devotion to the crown”

Question 24

Whig view on parliament

Answer 24

Battle lines drawn between strong centralising gov and house commons insistent championing own rights and autonomy - MPs sowing seeds germinated struggle king + parliament for sovereignty in E civil war

Question 25

what does maccafery think the failure of the 1589 expedition demonstrates

Answer 25

tissue of constraints and contradictions

Question 26

Jones on mid tudor crisis

Answer 26

weakness monarchy accompanied decline into factionalism main cause mounting economic and social distress
fundamental lack political authority transformed probe pop growth + price rises onto crises

Question 27

Quote shows positive som reign

Answer 27

Fusion bet royal supremacy and strands of atoms pro ref surprisingly fast + smooth. Gap between mainstream evangelicals + reformers previously marked- largely closed only reopen liz reign

Question 28

Presbyterians Collinson

Answer 28

only a minority

Question 29

Hoak northumberland

Answer 29

most remarkably able governors any european state during 16th century