Elizabeth's Problems in 1558
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- Elizabeth's Problems in 1558
- Gender
- A woman in power was unnatural
- Expected to marry and concede power to her husband-creates factional problems
- Councillors may have felt the need to advise her more directly. Supported by letters between earl of Winchester and Cecil
- Government
- The privy council had grown to over 40 in Mary's reign
- Privy council contained powerful Catholics which couldn't just be ignored
- Government
- Reigns of women (Matilda and Mary) were both unpopular which set a precedent
- Religion
- England was deeply divided due to the religious instability in the past 20 years
- Unable to become the head of the church of England
- Gender
- A woman in power was unnatural
- Expected to marry and concede power to her husband-creates factional problems
- Councillors may have felt the need to advise her more directly. Supported by letters between earl of Winchester and Cecil
- Government
- The privy council had grown to over 40 in Mary's reign
- Privy council contained powerful Catholics which couldn't just be ignored
- Government
- Reigns of women (Matilda and Mary) were both unpopular which set a precedent
- Gender
- Would have to make a religious settlement in a divided country
- Finance
- Marian debt of £227,000
- R Sloan calls her failure to deal with financial problems "a poisoned chalice"
- She inherited a war with France
- High expenditure with low revenue
- Gender
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