Elizabethan Government
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- What was the importance of the court and ministers in Government
- The Court
- Made the monarch look good.
- Went to public events with the monarch and entertained foreign guests.
- Went to public events with the monarch and entertained foreign guests.
- The members of the court had the monarch's ear. They could ask a favour or offer advice.
- They could get monopolies on goods more easily
- Well respected.
- They could bend the ear of the queen. A very important part of Elizabethan society.
- The members of the court had the monarch's ear. They could ask a favour or offer advice.
- They could get monopolies on goods more easily
- Well respected.
- They could bend the ear of the queen. A very important part of Elizabethan society.
- They could bend the ear of the queen. A very important part of Elizabethan society.
- The members of the court had the monarch's ear. They could ask a favour or offer advice.
- They could bend the ear of the queen. A very important part of Elizabethan society.
- They met every day.
- Made the monarch look good.
- Houses of Parliament
- Main purpose was to pass laws, decide tax rates and to grant subsidies.
- When Elizabeth needed money, they approved it. She was the first monarch to regularly received parliamentary subsidies during a time of peace.
- Because they were responsible for passing laws, they did have a say in the religious changes at the start of E's reign.
- They passed laws that the monarch wanted passing. They used that fact to get what they wanted some times.
- Main purpose was to pass laws, decide tax rates and to grant subsidies.
- When Elizabeth needed money, they approved it. She was the first monarch to regularly received parliamentary subsidies during a time of peace.
- Because they were responsible for passing laws, they did have a say in the religious changes at the start of E's reign.
- They passed laws that the monarch wanted passing. They used that fact to get what they wanted some times.
- They passed laws that the monarch wanted passing. They used that fact to get what they wanted some times.
- Main purpose was to pass laws, decide tax rates and to grant subsidies.
- They passed laws that the monarch wanted passing. They used that fact to get what they wanted some times.
- Members were not democratically elected. They were given their positions by the monarch.
- They met only 13 times during Elizabeth's reign.
- It was made up of 402 members (the number of MPs increased during E's reign).
- They could be summoned or dismissed by the Monarch.
- Main purpose was to pass laws, decide tax rates and to grant subsidies.
- The Privy Council
- The monarch's closest advisors
- Managed the day to day running of the country
- In charge of local government
- Key members
- William Cecil (lord Burghley)
- Secretary for State (1558-1572)
- Lord Treasurer (1572-1998)
- Francis Walshingham
- Secretary for Sate (1572-1590)
- Robert Cecil
- William Cecil (lord Burghley)
- Secretary for State (1558-1572)
- Lord Treasurer (1572-1998)
- Secretary for state (1596+)
- Master of the Court of Wards
- William Cecil (lord Burghley)
- Nicholas Bacon
- Robert Dudley (Earl of Leicester)
- Nicholas Hatton
- Walter Ralegh
- William Cecil (lord Burghley)
- Had no control over finances
- Acted as court of law
- How did she retain the support of government and the nobility?
- Patronage
- Elizabeth offered governmental positions to nobles to secure their money and support.
- She granted lands, titles, positions and monopolies
- Monopolies
- Monopolies granted the owner of one to be the sole trader of a good within england.
- They were hugely valuable.
- When Essex lost his after his failed rebellion, he would have been financially ruined.
- Unpopular with the majority of people.
- Monopolies
- She granted lands, titles, positions and monopolies
- The system of patronage was very effective. She was the most popular Tudor Monarch.
- People with no skills were given positions though.
- Government was not very efficient.
- People with no skills were given positions though.
- Elizabeth offered governmental positions to nobles to secure their money and support.
- Monopolies
- Monopolies granted the owner of one to be the sole trader of a good within england.
- They were hugely valuable.
- When Essex lost his after his failed rebellion, he would have been financially ruined.
- Unpopular with the majority of people.
- Patronage
- The Court
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