The political condition of England by 1603 (24)

Question 1

What was there a decline of in the 1590’s?

Answer 1

Royal authority and quality of administration.

Question 2

Give two reasons for a decline in royal authority and quality of administration.

Answer 2

1) Revolved around anxieties over the succession; another concerned the queen’s ministers and problems in the Privy Council and between factions.

Question 3

What were all English people by this stag?

Answer 3

All people, apart from a small minority of militant Catholics, were broadly loyal to the Crown.

Question 4

What was the queen’s reputation like?

Answer 4

It had been tarnished by the events of the last years of her reign, and she seemed out of touch with the aspirations of a younger generation who looked forward to the accession of a king.