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elizabethan england; 1568-1603 Flashcards

1
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what type of government was under elizabeth I?

A

absolute monarchy

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2
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what two things usually decided matters?

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the queen + privy council

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3
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how was parliament’s role?

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very very limited

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4
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name the 4 roles in local government?

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  • royal representatives
  • JP
  • sheriffs
  • lords lieutenant
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5
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what was local government drawn from?

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gentry

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6
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what were regional councils?

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such as the council of the north rules far from london

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7
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what was the patronage system?

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the handing out of jobs and titled by the monarch

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8
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where did the court meet?

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wherever the queen was

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9
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how did elizabeth use patronage?

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to ensure loyalty

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10
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what was the privy council?

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a senior group of ministers appointed by elizabeth

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11
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who lead the privy council?

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the secretary of state

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12
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what was bess of hardwick instructed to do?

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keep mary, queen of scots under house arrest

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13
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what was william cecil’s role?

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secretary of state

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14
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what was cecil acting in?

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the interests of the state and the queen

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15
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who was robert dudley?

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1st earl of leicster
key military officer
potential husband to mary, queen of scots and elizabeth

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16
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who was francis walsingham?

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spymaster and secret police man
disrupted plots against elizabeth

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17
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name some possible suitors for elizabeth?

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  • robert dudley
  • francis, duke of anjou (french prince)
  • archduke charles of austria (cousin to phillip i of spain)
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18
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when was essex sent to ireland?

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1599

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19
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what did essex sign?

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a treaty, which was seen as a disgrace

20
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what happened to essex after signing the treaty?

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he was seen as a disgrace + imprisoned

21
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what was the goal of essex’s rebellion?

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to force the queen to get rid of lord cecil

22
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what did essex try to do to the city of london?

A

raise it in rebellion

23
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what did robert cecil do when essex rebelled?

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sent warnings to the mayor

24
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what did essex’s followers after cecil sent warnings to the mayor?

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deserted him, ending the rebellion

25
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what happened to essex after the rebellion?

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he was arrested, given a show trial and then executed

26
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what was the great chain used for?

A

justifying persistent inequality

27
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what were the causes of weath?

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  • increase in international trade and exploration
  • increase in industrialisation and urbanisation
  • emerging middle professional class
28
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what were the causes of poverty?

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  • lack of any kind of welfare state
  • extremely limited pensions
  • rampant disease and lack of education
29
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what was vagabondage?

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the condition of being unemployed and homeless (a travelling beggar)

30
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what was the helpless poor?

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the sick and the old
given food and accomodation

31
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who were the able-bodied poor?

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had to work in exchange for food

32
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who were the idle poor?

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punished and sent to a house of correction

33
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why was the theatre popular?

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  • affordable
  • new and exciting
  • sociable
34
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what was opposition to the theatre?

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  • puritans saw it as a distraction from prayer
  • some saw it as sinful
  • theatres were dangerous (drunkenness, crime)
35
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what did richer elizabethan’s do to get her to like them in relation to theatre?

A

become patrons of the theatre

36
Q

what did sir walter raleigh do?

A

made voyages to south america, discovering new lands and publishing an embellished account of voyages

37
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what did drake do?

A

circumnavigation of the world

38
Q

what was the ridolfi plot?

A

the banker ridolfi able to travel between counties uniting conspirators

39
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what was the northern rebellion?

A

a failed rebellion of norther noblemen aiming to depose elizabeth

40
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what did elizabeth do to end plotting?

A

imprison and execute mary, queen of scots

41
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what year was the babington plot?

A

1586

42
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what was the plan for the babington plot?

A

babington planned to kill elizabeth and rescue mary to be the monarch

43
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how did babington tell mary about his plan?

A

mary’s servants hiding coded messages within beer barrels

44
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how was the plot exposed?

A

the servants were spies for sir francis walsingham and they told him

45
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what happened to mary after the babington plot?

A

trial for treason and exectuion

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