Elizabethan knowledge orginser

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nobility
belonging to the aristocracy
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gentry
people of a high social class
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yeomen
men who held a small amount of land/estate
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tenant farmer
farmed rented land usually owned by yeomen or gentry
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merchants
traders
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professionals
lawyers and doctors
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craftmens
skilled employees
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extraordinary taxation
occasional, additional taxation to pay for unexpected expenses especially war
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militia
a military force of ordinary people rather than soldiers, raised in emergency
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privy council
advisers of elizabeth
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justice of the peace
large landowners who kept law and order
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patronage
to provide someone with an important job/position
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secretary of state
Elizabeth's most important privy councillor
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crown/state
refers to the monarch and their government
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divine right
belief that the monarchs right to rule came from god
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royal prerogative
Elizabeth could insist that parliament did not talk about certain issues
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succession
the issue of who was going to succeed the throne after the existing monarch died
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legitimate
being born in wedlock when the existing king and queen were married
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custom duties
taxes from trade
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auld alliance
a friendship between France and Scotland
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puritans
radical protestants
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ecclesiastical
an adjective used to describe things to do with the church
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act of supremacy
made Elizabeth supreme governor of the church of England
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act of uniformity
established the appearance of churches and the form of services they held
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royal injunctions
a set of instructions to reinforce the acts of supremacy and uniformity
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recusants
Catholics who were unwilling to attend Church services laid down by the Elizabethan Religious Settlement.
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Visitations
Inspections of Churches and Clergy by bishops to ensure that the Act of Supremacy was being followed.
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Papacy
The system of Church Government rule by the Pope.
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Heretics
People who refuse to follow the religion of the Monarch.
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Martyr
Someone who dies for their religious belief.
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Counter Reformation
The campaign against Prrotestantism
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Phillip II
Catholic King of Spain.
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Trade embargo
When Governments ban trades with another country.
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Excommunicated
Expulsion from the Catholic Church
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Sea Beggars
Dutch rebels who fled to the water.
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Card 2

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gentry

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people of a high social class

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yeomen

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Card 4

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tenant farmer

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Card 5

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merchants

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