The situation of Elizabeth's accession

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Were usually members of the nobility.
Courtiers
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Occasional, additional taxation to pay for unexpected expenses
Extraordinary taxation
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A military force of ordinary people, rather than soldiers
Militia
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Belief that the monarch's right to rule came from God
Divine right
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Someone who gives encouragement or financial support to a individual or a cause.
Patron
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With a capital 'C', refers to the monarch or their government
Crown
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The issue of who was going to succeed the throne after the existing monarch died.
Succession
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Form of Christianity followed through the whole of Western Europe until the 16 century
Roman Catholic
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Roman Catholic service at which Catholics are given bread and wine
Mass
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A challenge to the teaching and power of the Roman Catholic Church
The Reformation
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Occasional, additional taxation to pay for unexpected expenses

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Extraordinary taxation

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A military force of ordinary people, rather than soldiers

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Belief that the monarch's right to rule came from God

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Someone who gives encouragement or financial support to a individual or a cause.

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