Elizabethan Government, 1563-1603
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- Created on: 01-03-19 09:52
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- Elizabeth: Government
- Royal Court
- Role of Ministers
- Factional Rivalry
- Structure of Government helped prevent it from getting out of hand
- No single minister had complete control over patronage
- Influential families in council balanced each other
- Boleyn relatives in senior ranks of Crown service
- Parrs along with close connections featured strongly
- Earl of Leicester and Cecil disagreed about the Queen's potential marriage - tended to cooperate
- Coherence of government declined
- Clashes between Cecil and Essex
- Essex Rebellion (1601)
- Strong council members died
- Essex planned an armed coup to bring down Cecil
- Essex forced to surrender - tried and executed
- Incompetent and lacked judgement
- Elizabeth and Cecil became unpopular
- Parliament
- Granting Taxation
- 13 parliamentary sessions. 2 asked to grant revenue
- Distinction between ordinary and extraordinary lost during Henry VIII
- Law Making
- 438 Acts passed
- Act of Supremacy (1559)
- Act of Uniformity (1559)
- Penal laws against Catholics
- Acts of 1598 and 1601 addressing poor relief
- 438 Acts passed
- Giving Advice
- Not interested in listening to advice from MPs
- Managing Parliament
- The Golden Speech
- Less important
- Granting Taxation
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