Catholic Threat - Continuity Thesis - 'polarisation in Catholicism' between radicals and conformists by the 1580s
Doran
26 of 50
Foreign Policy - 'strategy always defensive'
Loades
27 of 50
Foreign Policy - caution and conservatism prevented success in the Netherlands
Wilson
28 of 50
Foreign Policy - Elizabeth ' genuinely a committed Protestant' who was 'surrounded by zealous Protestant minister' who aimed to defend Protestantism in Europe
Trim
29 of 50
Foreign Policy - strong Queen leading a divided Council
Williams
30 of 50
Foreign Policy - cautious Queen against a united, interventionist Council
Hurstfield
31 of 50
Councillors - 'she controlled her policy' and her Councillors 'were rarely successful in manipulating her'
Guy
32 of 50
Political Skill - 'an instinctive politician'
Guy
33 of 50
Political Skill - skill in balancing faction at court
Neale
34 of 50
Political Skill - competition in court was too intense, Queen susceptible to flattery
Haigh
35 of 50
'Cheap but effective government' due to 'great men of the localities'
Williams
36 of 50
'Her marriage became a mere tool of politics and foreign policy'
Guy
37 of 50
'She did not want to hand over any political power to a husband'
Haigh
38 of 50
'Not marrying elevated her rank as a female ruler'
Jordan
39 of 50
Parliament - an increasingly assertive body with continual opposition
Neale
40 of 50
Parliament - important for legislation, generally cooperated
Elton
41 of 50
Parliament - used by Privy Council in attempt to manipulate the Queen (rarely successful)
Graves
42 of 50
Final Years - contrasting decay of the 90s to the 'golden age' that came before
Neale
43 of 50
Final Years - 'a dearth of great aristocrats'
Hammer
44 of 50
Final Years - continuity, at 'no time a struggle for power in the state'
Graves
45 of 50
Final Years - 'Church became the accustomed religion of the majority'
Williams
46 of 50
Somerset - policies driven by the 'misguided Scottish war'
Bush
47 of 50
1549 Prayer Book - 'a stopgap Prayer Book'
Guy
48 of 50
1549 rebellions - 'the closest thing Tudor England came to a class war'
Guy
49 of 50
1549 rebellions - 'role of class antagonism'
Duffy
50 of 50
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Card 2
Front
Loades
Back
'Mid-Tudor crisis' is 'artificial and in many ways unhelpful'
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