The last years of Elizabeth Flashcards
the state of England politically, economically, religiously and socially by 1603
why did the royal authority of Elizabeth decline during the 1590s
anxieties over the succession
factional rivalries amongst ministers e.g. Earl of Essex
How economic circumstances in Es reign helping to set up for later commercial domination
The setting up of trade companies to challenge the domination of the Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch
The beginnings of interest in America
What industries were thriving
cottage industries such as nail making, hosiery, soap manufacturing and brewing
What does the rise in cottage industries suggest
domestic demand had increased
How were many people able to avoid poverty
thrift
multiple employments
hard work
What was English society like
socially divided with huge differences in living standards between the wealthy few and the poor majority
What helped to prevent society from breaking down
most of the time the majority of the population could be fed
only one subsistence crisis in the 1590s
what did the poverty and harvest failures of 1594-97 help to do
help to shape the reform of the poor law enacted in 1598 and 1601
which limited the worst effects of poverty - mainly for the deserving poor
How was Catholic situation beneficial
popularity of Catholicism had declined
Catholics were divided between those who tried to accommodate loyalty to the Crown and the faith and the minority who identified with the excommunication and wanted a Catholic succession
How was the protestant situation beneficial
Church of England had become an institution with which the majority could identify
puritanism had faded and the majority had become assimilated into the Anglican mainstream
Separatism had virtually disappeared
