History - All of Elizabeth I Flashcards by Zayna Amir

System of sponsoring favourites by giving them land/ jobs-

Patronage

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Extended household and social hub for Elizabethan England-

Court

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Small group of advisors; met daily-

Privy Council

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Brach of government made of 2 houses-

Parliament

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House where MPs debated-

House of Commons

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House of Nobles-

House of Lords

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Next in line to the throne-

Heir

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When Elizabeth visits someone’s house-

Progresses

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Elizabeth’s image is used to spread a certain message-

Propaganda

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Elizabeth’s power to deny any law-

Royal Veto

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Concept of a monarch chosen by God-

Divine right

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2 powers parliament has that Elizabeth needs them for-

Pass laws & increase tax

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Name given to Elizabeth’s issues concerning an heir-

Succession crisis

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Act passed twice by Henry to remove then reinstate Elizabeth’s right to the throne-

Act of succession

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When Henry VIII broke from Rome it was called the….-

Protestant Reformation

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Main goods exported by England-

Wool

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Religious and economic allies on the continent-

Netherlands

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Religion of Spain and France-

Catholic

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1554 rebellion against Mary I-

Wyatt’s rebellion

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Elizabeth was locked up here twice-

Tower of London

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Social class whose power comes from wealth, not blood-

Gentry

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Act of fencing off land-

Enclosure

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Common leisure activity involving wild animals-

Bear baiting

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Strict social hierarchy of England-

Great Chain of Being

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Term to describe the flourishing culture of England-

Golden Age

Name a famous Elizabethan theatre (not the globe)-

The theatre

Types of play before Elizabeth’s reign

Miracle/ Religious plays

Name given to the lower-class audience of plays-

Groundlings

Common leisure activity outside of theatres-

Cockfighting

Famous play which was Tudor propaganda-

Richard III

Famous Elizabethan manor house-

Hardwick Hall

Describes the huge building wave-

The Re-building

Name 2 new materials used in building-

Glass & stone

Shape manor houses are built in-

E shape

Pipes leading out the roof which were linked to fireplaces inside the house-

Chimneys

Movement that inspired Elizabethan architecture-

Italian renaissance

Leather waistcoat which was worn by men-

Jerkin

Padded shorts which men wore-

Trunkhose

Worn by Elizabethan gentry around the neck-

Ruff

White makeup was made of this poisonous substance-

Lead

Set of laws limiting what certain classes can wear-

Statutes of apparel

Elizabeth had many of these painted-

Portraits

One method of impressing Elizabeth in court, often done to music-

Dance

Category of poor who couldn’t work-

Deserving poor

Category of poor who wouldn’t work-

Idle poor

When the cost of goods goes up and wages go down-

Inflation

Name for beggars-

Vagabonds/Vagrants

Beggar who bit soap to foam at the mouth-

Counterfeit crank

Beggar who would fake injuries-

Clapperdugeon

Type of farming before enclosure-

Arable (crop farming)

Tax to fund the poor-

Poor rate

A person appointed to pass local laws surrounding the poor-

Overseers of the poor

Largest city in England-

London

Set up by Poor laws to punish those who wouldn’t work-

Correction houses

Set up by Poor laws for those who wanted to work-

Workhouses

Set up by Poor laws for those who couldn’t work-

Alms houses

Offered to orphans-

Apprenticeships

Violent punishment for the poor-

Whipping

When gold is removed from coins-

Debasement

Setting a value for coins-

Coinage

Resetting the value for coins-

Re-coinage

Unfair rent pricing-

Rack renting

Navigation device that used stars-

Astrolabe

Navigation device that used magnets-

Compass

New invention, helped with printing-

Printing press

Triangular sails for boats-

Lateen

To sail around the entire globe-

Circumnavigate

Name for an Elizabethan ‘sea dog’ or ‘pirate’-

Privateer/ explorer

Name given to a land/county taken for another country’s benefit-

Colony

Name of Drake’s famous ship-

Golden hind

BEIC full form-

British East India Company

Elizabeth’s religious policy-

Middle way

Law that made Elizabeth Supreme Governor-

Act of Supremacy

Law that enforced Protestantism-

Act of Uniformity

Extreme protestant-

Puritan

Catholic priests-

Jesuit

Head of the Catholic Church-

Pope

Catholic belief about bread and wine-

Transubstantiation

Latin word for the ceremony above-

Eucharist

Puritan practice of debating the Bible’s meaning (banned by lizzy)-

Prophesying

Owned by Puritans but destroyed in 1572-

Printing presses

3 Religious terms all churchmen had to accept-

3 articles

Part of the church's episcopal structure-

Clergy

A law passed allowing rebellions to be punished by death-

Treason Act

Law so that Catholics could not travel more than X miles from their house-

5 Mile Act

Large Spanish ships-

Galleons

Long-range English cannons-

Culverins

Drake’s famous tactic-

Fire ships

Location of the naval battle during the armada-

Gravelines

Lit by the English to warn Drake and Howard about armada’s arrival-

Torches

When someone has complete control over the sale of a product-

Monopoly

Year Elizabeth’s born-

1533

Year Elizabeth’s mother Anne Bolyn died-

1536

Edward ascends the throne -

1547

Edward dies -> Lady Jane Grey -> Mary ascends the throne-

1553

Wyatts Rebellion-

1554

Year Elizabeth comes to the throne-

1558

Year of Elizabeth’s coronation-

1559

Act of Supremacy & Uniformity-

1559

Elizabeth gets smallpox and nearly dies-

1562

Northern Rebellion & Mary QoS arrives in England-

1569

Elizabeth is excommunicated-

1570

Treason Act & Ridolfi plot-

1571

Statues of apparel passed-

1574

Francis Drake’s voyage starts and ends (give 2 years)-

1577 to 1580

Whitgift appointed-

1583

Treaty of Nonsuch-

1585

Treaty of Joinville

1584

Mary QoS executed-

1587

Spanish Armada-

1588

Decade of bad harvests/poverty crisis escalation-

1590s

First poor law-

1597

Year globe theatre is built-

1599

Year BEIC is formed-

1600

Amended poor law

1601

Year of Elizabeth’s death-

1603

Year of Nothern Rebellion

1569

Ridolfi Plot

1571

Throckmorton Plot

1583

Babington Plot-

1586

Essex Rebellion

1601

singening of kings beard

1587

St Bartholemews Massacare

1572

Spansish Ambassador expelled from England

1588

Battle Of Gravelines

August 8 1588

Earl of Leicester, Elizabeth's favourite-

Robert Dudley

Spy master-

Francis Walsingham

Secretary of State-

Willian Cecil

King of Spain-

King Phillip II

Elizabeth’s cousin and successor to the English throne-

James VI

Suitor from a weak Scandinavian Protestant Country-

Eric Price of Sweden

Earl of Essex, rebellion in 1601-

Robert Devereux

Elizabeth’s little frog-

Francis Duke of Anjou

Dancing privy councillor-

Christopher Hatton

Elizabeth’s abusive uncle-

Thomas Seymour

Henry’s 4th wife, ensured Elizabeth’s influence in court-

Catherine Parr

Elizabeth’s mother, executed-

Anne Bolynn

Elizabeth’s younger brother died of tuberculosis-

Edward VI

Elizabeths older sister-

Mary 1 (bloody Mary)

Austrian suitor-

Archduke Charles

Cambridge scholar, taught Elizabeth-

Roger Ascham

‘El Draque’-

Francis Drake

Established Virginia-

Walter Raleigh

Drake’s cousin, pioneered the slave trade-

John Hawkins

Founding member of the BEIC-

Lancaster

Found fool’s gold-

Martin Forbisher

Most famous playwright-

Shakespeare

Wrote Dr Faustus-

Christopher Marlowe

Wrote ‘Book of Martyrs’-

John Foxe

Wrote ‘Faerie Queene’

Edmund Spencer

Specialised in creating miniatures-

Hilliard

Famous musician-

Byrd

Published the book ‘Warning against vagabonds’-

Harman

Archbishop of Canterbury after parker

Edmund Grindle

Replacement Archbishop-

John Whittgift

Puritan Pamphleteer, hand chopped off-

John Stubbs

Jesuit priest executed for treason-

Edmund Campion

Elizabeth’s royal cousin, involved in plots against her-

Mary QoS

Rebellious Italian banker-

Ridolfi

Rebel who organised final serious Catholic rebellion-

Babbington

Elizabeth’s Catholic cousin executed for involvement in two plots-

Duke of Norfolk

Name 2 earls in the Northern Rebellion-

Westmoreland & Northumberland

English Navy commander-

Lord Howard

Spanish seasick commander-

Duke of Medina Sedonia

Spanish army general-

Duke of Parma

Advisor to Elizabeth at the end of her reign-

Robert Cecil

Catholic IRISH Earl-

Earl of Tyrone

When was the book of Martyrs published and by who

1563 by John Foxe

when was the Faerie Queene published and by who?

1590 Edmund Spence

When was the law passed when all actors must be licensed and all actors are vagabonds?

1572

Act on Husbandry and Tillages

1598

population growth between 1550 - 1600

43%

Act for putting the poor on work

1576

Poor laws

1597 + 1601 poor rate

Three Acrticles

1583

Act against seditious sectaries

1593

History - All of Elizabeth I Flashcards

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