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Elizabeth I

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Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I's styled herself as a Protestant Queen, married to her country. Her motto 'semper eadem' (meaning 'always the same') reflects her aim to make England stable.

Elizabeth I's personality

Elizabeth I's personality

  • Similar to her father, Elizabeth I is said to have had a short temper.
  • Elizabeth received a thorough education. She particularly loved music and would become a patron of musicians when Queen.
  • Elizabeth studied theology and was a moderate Protestant.
Elizabeth I's cautious rule

Elizabeth I's cautious rule

  • MacCaffrey (1993): "[Elizabeth] had developed a strategy of caution, of immobility, of playing as few cards as possible, waiting and hoping on events."
Taking advantage of her gender

Taking advantage of her gender

  • Ferriby, Anderson and Imperato (2017) "…hard edged… impatient with people who failed her…deliberately created a masculine personality to command…but the fact that she was a woman to charm [her courtiers]."
Elizabeth I's approach to government

Elizabeth I's approach to government

  • Elizabeth’s relations with parliament could be stormy. She made it quite clear where their boundaries were and that they should not overstep them.
  • Elizabeth used the Royal Prerogative to prevent discussion of issues such as the succession, her marriage and Mary, Queen of Scots.
  • Naunton in the 1630s: "She ruled much by faction and parties, which she herself both made, upheld and weakened, as her own great judgement advised."
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Monarch & Government

1.1

Tudor Monarchs

1.1.1Henry VII1.1.2Henry VIII1.1.3Edward VI1.1.4Mary I1.1.5Elizabeth I1.1.6Succession Disputes
1.2

Changing Role of Parliament

1.2.1Parliament & Henry VII1.2.2Parliament & Henry VIII1.2.3Parliament After the Reformation
1.3

Principal Servants to the Crown

1.3.1Principal Servants to the Crown
2

Religious Changes

2.1

Tudor Monarchs & Religious Change

2.1.1The Henrician Reformation2.1.2Impact of Religious Change Under Henry VIII2.1.3Religious Change Under Edward VI2.1.4Religious Change Under Mary I2.1.5Elizabethan Settlement
2.2

Catholicism & Survival

2.2.1Popular Attitudes to Catholicism2.2.2Catholicism Under Henry VIII2.2.3Catholicism Under Elizabeth I2.2.4Catholic Nobility
2.3

Protestantism & Puritanism

2.3.1Protestant Influences2.3.2Protestantism Under Edward VI2.3.3Protestantism Under Elizabeth I
3

State Control & Popular Resistance

3.1

Tudor Control of the Country

3.1.1Councils3.1.2Role of Nobility3.1.3Justices of the Peace3.1.4Lord Lieutenant
3.2

The State & the Poor

3.2.1Reasons for Growth of Poverty3.2.2Punishments for Paupers3.2.3Role of Charities
3.3

Resistance to Tudor Rule

3.3.1Resistance to Tax & Subsidies3.3.2Uprisings Against Henry VIII3.3.3Uprisings Against Edward VI3.3.4Uprisings Against Elizabeth I3.3.5Decline of Popular Resistance
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Economic, Social & Cultural Change

4.1

Patterns of Domestic & Foreign Trade

4.1.1Wool & Cloth4.1.2Exploration & Trade
4.2

Changing Structure of Society

4.2.1Population4.2.2Dissolution of Monasteries4.2.3Enclosure
4.3

Cultural Change

4.3.1Education & Literature4.3.2Impact of Religious Change4.3.3Patronage4.3.4The Arts4.3.5Cult of Gloriana
5

Historical Interpretations

5.1

Significance of Threats to National Security

5.1.1Spain5.1.2The Spanish Armada5.1.3Ireland
5.2

Court Politics

5.2.1Court Factions5.2.2Essex's Rebellion
5.3

Elizabeth & Parliament

5.3.1Conflict with Parliament
5.4

Social Distress in the 1590s

5.4.1Social Distress in the 1590s

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Mary I

Succession Disputes