Elizabethan England

• What religion was england?

  Moderate protestant
• When was the religious settlement?

  1559
• What was the religious settlement?

  Compromise to avoid a religious war
• What were the two acts of the religious settlement?

  • Act of supremacy
  • Act of uniformity
• Puritan challenge

  • 1571, strickland - Wanted a new prayer book, elizabeth closed parliment before his ideas could be discussed
  • 1583, stubbs - Criticised elizabeths marriage situation, she cut his right hand off
• Catholic threat

  • 1571, Ridolfi plot - Italian, duke of norfolk, philip of spain, pope support. Wanted to overthrow the queen and replace her.
  • 1583, Throckmorton plot - Catholic tried to replace elizabeth with mary. The pope and philip payed for it
  • 1586, Babington plot - Babington planned to rescue mary and murder elizabeth. Mary agreed to the plans and was finally executed
• When was the ridolfi plot?

  1571
• When was the throckmorton plot?


  1583
• When was the babington plot?

  1586
• When did Mary, queen of scots arrive in england?

  1568
• Privy council minsters:

  • Appointed on merit
  • William cecil
  • Walsingham - In charge of elizabeths secret service, wasnt loyal (planned to murder elizabeth)
• Privy council favourites:

  • In power due to their relationship with the queen
  • Essexs
  • Leicester - Childhood friends with elizabeth, she called him "sweet robin"
• Long term causes for the essex rebellion (Out of favour):

  • 1589 - He joined drakes expedition to portugal against her wishes
  • 1590 - Essexs got married without the queens permission, she refused to see him for 2 weeks
  • 1598 - He asked elizabeth to apoint one of his supporters, she refused and essex got angry (Turning point)
• Long term causes for the essex rebellion (In favour):

  • 1584 - Elizabeth and essexs met, he made a good impression
  • 1593 - Essexs became a privy counciller
  • 1596 - He led an expedition to attack cadiz, returned a national hero
• Short term causes for the essex rebellion (Out of favour):

  • 1600 - Had no money, His sweet wine monopoly ended
  • Banned from court
• Short term causes for the essex rebellion (In favour):

  • 1599 - Elizabeth let him back into court so that he could "impress" her
• The essex rebellion;

  1. 300 men meet at the essex house
  2. Elizabeth sends 4 officals to the essex house
  3. Essex ignored the order from the queen to attend court
  4. Essex and followers went to city of london to gather more support (failed)
  5. Essex tried to go back to the house, privy council blocked his passage on land
  6. Returned to house by boat, burned all his private papers
  7. Surrendered, rebellion lasted 12 hours
• When was the essex rebellion?

  8th february 1601
• Reasons for poverty:

  • Social-economic - Inflation, rising population (less jobs), bad harvests
  • Political - Wars, government failure
  • Religious - The dissolution of monasteries
• Reasons the government was worried about poverty:

  • Disease
  • Crime
  • Idleness
  • Financial cost
• Types of poor:

  • Sturdy beggars - Fit to work but found begging easier
  • Deserving/ impotent poor - People who cannot work due to illness or age
  • Able-bodied poor - Wanted to work but couldnt/ worked but recieved low wages
• Treatment towards poor:

  • Sturdy beggars - Whipped, branded, death penalty
  • Deserving poor - Hospitals opened, badges give to allow them to beg
  • Able-bodied poor - Work schemes
• Who opposed theatre?


  Catholics
• Why was the theatre popular?

  The queen
• When did Drake circumnavigate the globe?

  1577-1580
• When was Drake knighted?

  1581
• Drakes financial backers:

  • Earl of leicester
  • Walsingham
  • Hatton
  • Hawkins brothers
• Types of consequences:

  • Personal
  • National
  • International
  • Economical
  • Political
  • Religious
  • Positive
  • Negative
• When was the spanish armarda?

  1588