Elizabethan Britain
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- Created on: 18-11-18 16:13
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- Elizabethan Britain
- Initial Problems
- Religious conflict between protestants and Catholics
- Prejudiced ideas of the limitations of Elizabeth as she was a woman
- the country was poor and at war with the Catholic France
- War led to increased taxation
- the country was poor and at war with the Catholic France
- Decline in the cloth industry - inflation, unemployment, poverty and vagrancy increased
- Parliament
- role was to advise monarch, raise taxes and pass laws
- MP's were prejudiced- thought Elizabeth was weak and indecisive- especially with catholics and marriage
- Their role became more important when dealing with the Spanish Armada and poverty
- Elizabeth didn't have interest in their opinion- until 1586 as to whether she should execute Mary
- MP's were prejudiced- thought Elizabeth was weak and indecisive- especially with catholics and marriage
- In 1601 - Golden Speech, used to falter her MPs and promises reform
- role was to advise monarch, raise taxes and pass laws
- Loyalty
- Portraits
- propaganda- to look young and powerful so that people believe she is a successful monarch
- Portraits were used to celebrate achievement-and were kept by nobles to ensure loyalty
- progresses
- develop relationships with her nobles - also saves money
- Staged routes were publicised so people could see her - creates a positive, popular image
- Portraits
- Poverty
- Vagabonds
- Large groups terrorising, robbing and stealing from villages
- Individuals or small groups that made themselves appear ill and begged - Counterfeit Cranks
- Why did poverty increase?
- landownersstarted to keep sheep instead of crops - people lost their land due to enclosures and unemploy-ment
- The population rise and economic factors such as the decline of the clothe trade
- The Poor harvest in 1590's led to widespread famine
- The dissolution of the monasteries had also removed the only support available to poor people
- Vagabonds
- Initial Problems
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