Elizabeth Flashcards
(20 cards)
initial councillors?
added 7 more councillors, retained 11 of Mary’s to create balance
hosting the queen?
earl of leister hosted her for 3 weeks, almost bankrupted him, gift of 68500
act of supremacy/ uniformity
severed England from Rome, removal of black rubric, forbade kneeling and adopted second book of common prayer (more radical)
royal injunctions + 39 articles
banned catholic pilgrimage, monuments, recusants, encouraged royal suprmacy, clergy could marry with permission from 2. Churches could keep popular Images, bow to Jesus… = all had bible in English and Erasmus paraphrases.
300 clergy left 1559-64
39 articles, Calvinist doctrine of church, predestination.
adiaphora?
following vesterian controversy, idea of adiaphora things not in bible that don’t affect salvation
William stickland and parliament reform
attempted to pass bill for a more radical prayer book, 1571, angered Elizabeth and removed, violated freedom os speech and allowed to return
grindal prophesyings?
a puritan way of preaching and expanding faith, wrote 6000 book to Elizabeth as to why he woiuldnt stop “offend your majesty rather than god”, suspend d1577 and house arrest for 6 years.
renewal of treason act?
1571 treason act renewed, extended so illegal to discuss excommunication or possess papal bull.
jp’s enforced legislation?
+finance, subsidy tax on income and land approx 5%
+empolyment: statute of artificers, encouraged apprenticeships for poor
+ poverty and vagrancy: acts for relief of the poor were enforced
political rivalries?
Cecil was rivalled by Robert Dudley, Thomas Radcliffe both in favour of Elizabeth
also Thomas howard (executed 72 due to ridolfi plot, and Robert Devereux…)
parliament changed?
parliament more important due to downfall of the church, ‘king in parliament’. 405 in commons in first parliament grew by 62.
13 sessions in her rule 12/13 for tax
debt?
Elizabeth inherited debt of 335000, help of Gresham, reduced to 20000 in 1564. set up royal exchange. however, 1604 debt of 400000+
Elizabeth overpowering parliament?
in her first parliament tried to discuss marriage and succession, again in 1563 following small pox. 1571 veto against communion bill as would have been harsher for catholics, 1572/86 forbade topic of Mary QOS, 1576 restriction of freedom of speech
spanish bullion?
1568, she confiscated 85000 worhjt of gold from Spanish that was heading to alba, resulted in a trade war
1572 Spanish trade war? restored?
treaty of Blois restored anglo-french relations
sea beggars, dutch privateers supported by English
treaty of Bristol 1574, trade was restored.
treaty with France 1559 and 60
treaty of cateu cambraisis, confirmed French possession of calais, in return for not supporting Mary.
treaty of Edinburgh, promised to remove troops from Scotland
treaty of Blois?
Initial mutual support with France, 1572 prior to wars of religion
battle at start of 9 years war?
battle at clontibet 1595, led by o Neill, saw garrison of English forts in Ireland
battle of yellow ford 1598, English attempted to regain garrison, forced to fight and defeated, Tyrones victory encouraged other rebels to join.
siege of dub 1602, led by mount joy, end of war tyrone forced to surrender
poor laws?
1563- statute of artificers, encouraged apprenticeships
1572- vagabonds act, established harsher punishments to vagabonds and list in parishes, start of poor relief
1576- act for relief of the poor, better understanding developed
1597- act for relief of poor, support for old sick/ infirm, hardening attitude to rogues. 4 overseers for each parish, to provide work and hospitals
1601- poor law, brought together all previous acts.
Marys execution?
executed in 1587, Spanish Armada of 1588.
