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42 Cards in this Set
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who was her mother + father |
anne boleyn + king henry V111 |
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what was the royal court + who was it made up off |
- collection of people that followed the queen - nobles,advisors,officials and servants |
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what kind of activities took place in court |
- meetings, prayers, dances, meals |
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what were progresses |
- journeys to visit the homes of the nobility - allowed her to build relationships with subjects + escape the plague |
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what was the privy chamber |
part of court closest to the queen - made. up of only women who assist her in personal matters |
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what was patronage |
- st yet em in court to keep control of men |
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who was the privy council |
- males who were elizabeth’s political advisors - make proclamations, arrest + imprison people |
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what was divide and rule |
- exclude council from court + imprison those who angered her - selected men - make sure no one could conspire against her |
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what was the role of ladies in waiting and how were they selected |
inform queen of all court conversations - from nobel families |
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what did Earl or essex’s do |
- led an expedition to put down rebellions in catholic ireland (failed) - gave knighthoods to ken without permission - openly suggested queens succession - took pricy councillors as hostages - rode through London with 309 supports = branded traitor + treasonous and was beheaded |
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what as the main role of parliament |
- pass laws (acts of parliament) |
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what was the queens role in parliament |
- holds opening ceremony - veto laws - can close it |
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how many times did parliament meet in her reign |
13 times |
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what matters were censored |
- her marriage - religion - succession - forge in policy |
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ways elizabeth controlled what happened in parliament |
- seleted mps - privy council served as mps |
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how did privy council keep her control in parliament |
- have same views - advise her on political + economic matters |
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whose john stubbles and what did he do |
- puritan - made a pamphlet corroding elizabeth for considering marriage with a french catholic |
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what happens to john stubbles and why |
- william page and him had there right hand cuts off in public - detterant |
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examples of punishments elizabeth did to those who went against her censorship of religion |
- mps demanded tob stop bishops - elizabeth banned debate and imprisoned mps who talked about it - however she hanged non mps for the same thing |
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why did puritain MP peter wentworth die in prison |
he discussed religion |
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what were purveyances |
queen could buy things at a cheaper price |
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why did purveyances annoy MPs |
it proved the queen was more powerful |
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why did elizabeth have to make the golden speech |
she has to stop any potential unrest building up into a rebellion by the MPs |
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why did elizabeth grant monopolies |
make courtiers happy and loyal |
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what were the lord lieutants |
- nobility - looked after each county - informed privy council of local problems, ensured county has well-trained soldiers to serve the queen at an emergency |
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what were the JPs |
- gentry - poor laws, collect taxes, judged crimes at quarter sessions, fine criminals |
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what were pageants |
-shows that her hosts put on to impress her + show off wealth |
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what we’re accession day pageants |
- 17th november villages tried to outdo each other with bell ringing and bonfires - remembered the day elizabeth was coronated |
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how did the privy council manage publications |
- only 60 printing presses - censor them - punished writers |
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how did elizabeth use plays |
- made preformed showing king and queens giving order and prosperity to society - shut down plays that criticised her |
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how did elizabeth use portraits |
- burned those that were offensive - made portraits of her that made her look young - encoded emblems and symbols eg: pearls = purity |
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how did she use penniesn |
- only time some people saw her |
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how did she use prayers |
- law made people attend church on sunday and use same prayer book - “prayer for the queen” - loyal + divine right |
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who were the privy council |
- group of queens most trusted courtiers - advice her on economic + law |
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how did the queen control the privy council |
- limited to 19 lenders with 7 or 8 at eat meeting - different viewpoints - showed fierce temper - dismissed councillors - rewarded + flattered hood |
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2 secretaries of state |
William cecil Francis Walsingham |
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what were the secretaries of state |
queens most trusted advisors |
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Who was william cecil |
- served as secretary of state twice - me never of parliament - well-educated lawyer + spoke many languages - moderate protestant |
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what did William cecil encourage elizabeth o do |
take control of catholic Ireland - key role in poor laws |
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who was francis walsingham |
- aerators of state - well educated lawer - spoke multiple languages - known as spymaster - used souesb - strong puritan |
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what did francis walsingham do |
- used spy’s on catholics -helped make england as a powerful force at se- played role in trail + execution of mary queen of scot’s |
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what did all preachers have to have |
government license |
