Power and the Catholic Threat

Question 1

Why did Elizabeth use propaganda?

Answer 1

To show her: Legitmacy and Purity
Strength and Power
Wealth
Success and Wisdom
Ageless

Question 2

Types of Propaganda Elizabeth used

Answer 2

• Progresses
• Pageants
  -Plays-
  -Pennies
  -Preaching and Prayeer

Question 3

What did the heart and serpent mean mean?

Answer 3

• Love for her people
  -Wisdom

Question 4

What did eyes/ears and flowers mean

Answer 4

• Hear and see everything
• Chastity and Youth

Question 5

What did the rainbow and Jewelled Glove represent

Answer 5

• Peace after the storm
  -men fighting for Elizabeth

Question 6

What did the Crown and Angel represent

Answer 6

• truly a queen
  -messenger from God

Question 7

What did Pearls and Sword represent

Answer 7

• Elizabeth is Goddess of the moon
  -Justice and Power

Question 8

What did the Ermine and Globe represent

Answer 8

• A pure Queen
• Power

Question 9

What did Long Hair represent.

Answer 9

• ## Virginity and Feminity

Question 10

Church Papists and Conformers

Answer 10

1. Catholics who attended protestant churches but loyal to catholism
2. Catholics who converted to Protestant

Question 11

Recusants

Answer 11

1. Catholics who paid fines rather than attend Protestant Churches

Question 12

Jesuit Priests and Seminary Priests

Answer 12

Catholic Priests who tried to convert protestants.

-Catholic Priests who goal was to preserve catholic worship and support Catholic’s spiratually.

Question 13

Act of Persuasions

Answer 13

• 1581
• Recusansy fines raised to £20

Question 14

Act against Jesuits and Seminary Priests

Answer 14

• 1585
  -became treason to train as a Catholic Priest
  -Also treason to aid a Jesuit missionary or Catholic Priest or habour one in your home

Question 15

Recusancy Act

Answer 15

1587
- Allowed Government to confiscate 2/3 land owned by Catholic Recusants

Question 16

Throckmorton

Answer 16

1583
- aimed to assassinate Elizabeth and replace her with Mary.
-planned by Francis Throckmorton

Question 17

How was the Throckmorton plot uncovered?

Answer 17

• Francis Walsingham had been watching Throckmorton for months and Francis Throckmorton was exceuted for High Treason in 1584

Question 18

Babington Plot

Answer 18

1586
- Mary started a conspiracy with Anthony Babington sending letters with a plan to kill Elizabeth
-Letters were intercepted by Francis Walsingham and Babington was executed for treason

Question 19

When was Mary Queen of Scots executed?

Answer 19

• 8th February 1587

Question 20

What were some of the problems and advantages with Mary’s execution?

Answer 20

• made Mary a catholic martyr which increased catholic opposition abroad.
• English catholics rebelling
  This caused Phillip to be determined to invade.
• Elizabeth’s reputation would have been ruined as she had committed regicide
• removed Catholic threat as there was nobody to rally behind and hope was lost.

Question 21

Why did Mary have a strong claim to the throne?

Answer 21

• Some people believed that Elizabeth was illegitimate as her father got divorced from his first wife.
• She was a Catholic - supported by Catholics who opposed Elizabeth’s rule.

Question 22

Act Restraining Recusants

Answer 22

1593
- became illegal for catholics to travel more than 5 miles from their home without permission from the government and organise into groups of 40.
-organising plots/rebellions difficult.
-also prevents them from spreading beliefs

Question 23

What caused the Earl of Essex (Robert Devereux) to rebel.

Answer 23

• He was sent to Ireland to destroy Tyrone’s Rebellion but failed and called a truce and went back to England without Lizzy’s permission
  -Elizabeth puts him under house arrest, strips him of his monopoly of sweet wines which had meant he went on to revolt.

Question 24

Why did Elizabeth become more harsh towards Catholics?

Answer 24

• Plots
  -Pope exocommunicating her and passing the Papul Bull
  -MQS
• Spain.

Question 25

Privy Chamber

Answer 25

Ladies in Waiting -provided invaluable gossip -place of leisure -restricted access

Question 26

Privy Council

Answer 26

- met daily and job was to advise the queen on things such as religion and foriegn policies. helped her control government and decided what could be debated. They also helped organise a positive image of her.

Question 27

How did Elizabeth control the Privy Council?

Answer 27

- all the men had different religion and so therefore viewpoints so she could listen and make the final decision. - Patronage - she rewarded them. - Harsh punishments.

Question 28

Act of uniformity

Answer 28

-1558 but passes in 1559 -people had to go to protestant church services.

Question 29

Act of Supremacy

Answer 29

- 1558 but passed in 1559 -Supreme Governor of the church of England

Question 30

What happened during Essex's rebellion?

Answer 30

- gathered 300 supporters. His plan was the seize the Queen and remove Robert Cecil from court. Only lasted 12 hours and 17 days after he was executed.