keyword defintions Flashcards
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Define ‘Alms-house’
a house for the poor, paid by charity
Define ‘ambassador’
the office representative of a foreign ruler
Define ‘armada’
Spanish word for a fleet or warships
Define ‘book of common prayer’
a book that contained orders of church services
define brownist
a follower of Robert Browne (a separatist)
Define ‘Calvinist’
a follower of John Calvin a man man who carried out protestant reformation in Geneva
define communion
religious service that involved offering of bread and wine to the congregation
define council of the north
they enforced government authority and policies in north of England
Define ‘courtier’
a person who attends the Royal Court
Define ‘dissolution of the monasteries’
the official closure of all monasteries between 1536-39 on the order of Henry VIII
Define ‘doctrine’
the principles of a religious belief
Define ‘dowry’
money or property paid by the father of the bride on her marriage
Define ‘excommunicate’
to expel from the Roman Catholic Church, thereby denying the individual to enter heaven
Define ‘hawking’
the sport of falcons to return from flight to their trainer and to hunt under the direction of their trainer
Define ‘illegitimate’
a child born to parents who were not married by time of birth
Define ‘inflation’
an increase of a wide range of prices and services
Define ‘jesuit’
member of the society of jesus founded in 1540 to support the pope in their fight against heretics and to carry out missionary work
Define ‘justice of the peace’
an official appointed by the government to keep law and order and to try minor court cases
Define ‘labouring poor’
those who worked with their hands, often for low wages and frequently living in poverty
Define ‘lady-in-waiting’
a lady who is a queens or princesses attendant
Define ‘local militia’
part-time forces raised in each county, in times of emergency to help put down rebels and maintain peace
Define ‘Lord chamberlain’
person who ran the Royal Household
Define ‘Marian debt’
Queen Mary I had spent more money to run the country then she had received through taxation, therefore she had to borrow money
Define ‘Marian exiles’
protestants who fled abroad to protestant cities such as geneva and frankfurt after the catholic Mary I became queen in 1553
