Part one: Elizabeth's court and parliament

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  • Part one: Elizabeth's court and Parliament
    • Elizabeth I and her court
      • Background and character of Elizabeth I
        • Anne Boleyn
        • Bloody Mary
          • Treason
        • Henry VIII
        • Educated
        • Strong willed
        • Legitimacy
          • Right to rule
        • Determined
        • Self-reliant
      • Court life, including patronage
        • Justices of the Peace (JPs)
        • Patronage
          • Duties at court
        • Lord Lieutenants
        • Privy Council
          • A group of trusted ministers who advise a monarch
          • Only 19 members
        • Parliament
          • The supreme  legislative body. Made laws and decided  about taxes
        • Officials
        • Servants
        • Advisors
        • 500 courtiers
      • Key ministers
        • William Cecil
        • Francis Walsingham
        • Secretary of State
    • The difficulties  of a female ruler
      • Relations with Parliament
        • Peter Wentworth
        • Only met 13 times in 44 years
        • Difficult relationship
        • The Queen had the power to call, dissolve and prorogue Parliament.
          • Prorogue - postpone
      • The problem of marriage and succession
        • Robert Dudley
        • Francis, Duke of Anjou and Alencon
        • Questioned woman's ability to reign alone
        • Alliance with foreign  power
          • Problem
            • Religon
        • Produce an heir
        • King Phillip of Spain
          • Former Husband of Mary I
        • Suitors
      • The strengths of Elizabeth's authority at the end of her reign.
        • Roberto Ridolfi
        • Robert Devereux - Earl of Essex
        • Earl of Westmorland
        • Earl of Northumberland
        • Refused to name a successor
          • Political insecurity
        • Loyalty remained firm to the Queen

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