Elizabethan England - Court and Parliament (2)
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- Elizabethan England (2)
- Elizabeth and Parliament
- Consisted of the House of Lords (approx. 90 nobles) and House of Commons (approx. 450 gentry)
- Parliament passed laws
- Only met when E called them and often did as she asked
- Parliament passed laws
- Not a democracy - few could vote and there wasn't political parties
- There were occasions where they disobeyed E
- Pressured her to marry and produce an heir
- Almost blocked the Religious Settlement
- Pressured her to marry and produce an heir
- Main role was to vote about taxes, especially to fund wars
- Only met for about 3 weeks per year and didn't meet for about 29yrs of her 45yr reign
- Consisted of the House of Lords (approx. 90 nobles) and House of Commons (approx. 450 gentry)
- Elizabeth's gender
- As E was female, she was seen as weak
- Seen as a woman in a man's role and would be unable to control and lead England
- Previous female rulers had been a disaster
- E.g. Mary I gave female monarchs a bad reputation
- Henry VIII had made himself Head of the Church
- Patriarchal society: this was seen as a role a woman could not do.
- Linked with questions of religion and her marriage
- Banned Parliament to discuss her marriage
- Other female rulers were successful at the time e.g. Mary of Guise (Scotland)
- Used it to her advantage - Virgin Queen, married to country
- As E was female, she was seen as weak
- The marriage question
- Parliament worried she would die without heir
- This was big concern after E almost died from smallpox 1562
- It could build a powerful ally with a foreign country
- Robert Dudley
- Her fav, but rumours about wife's death
- Francis Duke of Anjou and Alençon
- Brother of French king - alliance. Cath. (unpopular in Eng.)
- Danger of France becoming too powerful
- Brother of French king - alliance. Cath. (unpopular in Eng.)
- Phillip II of Spain
- Great alliance, settle Pro-Cath tensions. Cath. so unpopular in Eng.
- Parliament worried she would die without heir
- Elizabeth and Parliament
- She never married, no ideal husband. Didn't want to be controlled or upset other nobles, H VIII
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