The royal court (19) Flashcards
What did the royal court do?
It was important to Elizabethan decision-making processes, Elizabeth could seek advice on an individual basis.
What was the court?
It was part theatre and partly a place for patronage.
Where did the court exist?
Wherever the queen happened to be at a particular time.
What were the two main areas of the court?
1) The Presence Chamber
2) The Privy Chamber
What was the Presence Chamber?
It was a relatively open area to which anyone with the right status or connections might expect to have access.
What was the Privy Chamber?
Both more private and more important, though considerably less influential than it had been during reigns of the Tudor kings because the Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber no longer had the rights of access to the monarch which they had formerly enjoyed.
What was admission to the Privy Chamber like?
Carefully guarded.
What did the operation in court come under?
The jurisdiction of the Lord Chamberlain.
What became much more important as her reign progressed?
Ceremonial aspects of courtly life.
