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Queen Elizabeth’s Problems

Queen Elizabeth’s Problems. 1558-1603. Your Task. You are an expert in foreign and domestic policy It is your job to advise the new queen Elizabeth, leader of England You will be told about various problems and given a choice of three policies to follow.

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Queen Elizabeth’s Problems

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  1. QueenElizabeth’s Problems 1558-1603

  2. Your Task • You are an expert in foreign and domestic policy • It is your job to advise the new queen Elizabeth, leader of England • You will be told about various problems and given a choice of three policies to follow. • Choose wisely. Your success will be rewarded. Failure will be punished as the queen may loose the throne and you will loose your head!

  3. YOUR AIMS • Your policy has very clear aims: • Get the new queen established on the throne. • Protect her from her enemies, both political and religious. • Make the economy of the country strong. • Maintain the Tudor royal family.

  4. Crisis: RELIGION • England has suffered under Mary’s Catholic rule • Many people were outraged by her burning of heretics • The Catholics want things to remain the same, and have powerful friends in the form of Spain • Some Protestants want to take things further than Elizabeth would like. • She wants a fair religion that will satisfy as many people as possible.

  5. Keep the country Catholic to avoid yet another religious change. Crisis: RELIGION Go back to the Protestant Church and let Catholics worship privately. Make the Protestants happy by burning Catholics at the stake. B C A

  6. 30 Points Crisis: RELIGION 20 Points 10 Points A B C

  7. Crisis: Marriage ? • Elizabeth is only 25 years old • England desperately needs an heir • Henry VIII went to a lot of trouble to get one • Not having an heir might lead to war • She could marry later

  8. Stay single Crisis: Marriage Marry the Catholic Philip of Spain to keep friends with them. Marry an Englishman B C A

  9. 10 Points Crisis: Marriage 30 Points 20 Points A B C

  10. Crisis: Mary Queen of Scots • Mary is a cousin • She is also a catholic • She fled Scotland after the murder of her husband. • Some people might support her claim to England’s throne.

  11. Keep her imprisoned in England Crisis: Mary Queen of Scots Give her back to the Scots for possible execution Help her to get her Scottish throne back. C B A

  12. 20 Points Crisis: Mary Queen of Scots 30 Points 10 Points A B C

  13. Crisis: Elizabeth’s looks! • As Elizabeth gets older, the mirror show the lines in her face • Her hair is going grey • Her teeth are suffering and have started to rot • The strength of a country is judged by the beauty and good health of her queen. (Remember Castiglione’s ideal woman)

  14. Refuse to have any more portraits of Elizabeth painted. Crisis: Elizabeth’s looks! Accept that there is nothing one can do about it and encourage Elizabeth to act graciously. Have especially beautiful portraits painted of Elizabeth and send them to everyone. A B C

  15. 30 Points Crisis: Elizabeth’s looks! 20 Points 10 Points A B C

  16. Crisis: Starvation • There are food shortages in the country • There are a large number of unemployed people who are begging • Some people are dying. • With no monasteries, who will take care of the poor?

  17. Pass extra laws against beggars to stop any trouble Crisis: Starvation Ignore it- it happens all the time! Send them more food to help them through the crisis A B C

  18. 10 Points Crisis: Starvation 20 Points 30 Points B C A

  19. Add up your scores ?

  20. How did you do? • 120 - 150 Points • Your advice was really good • For someone who wanted to get rid of Elizabeth and die! • Pack your suitcase and escape while you still have a head!

  21. 90 – 110 Points You are not as good as people first thought in the advice that you have given the queen. She will probably tell you to retire from politics, but at least you will be able to keep your head. How did you do?

  22. How did you do? • 50 – 80 Points • Very impressive advice • You helped the queen make the best possible decisions under difficult circumstances. • You will be rewarded with a title of your choice and an annual salary of gold. Your new coat of arms

  23. What did Elizabeth do? • Religion • Marriage • Mary Queen of Scots • Her looks • Starvation

  24. Keep the country Catholic to avoid yet another religious change. RELIGION X X Go back to the Protestant Church and let Catholics worship privately. Make the Protestants happy by burning Catholics at the stake. A B C

  25. Elizabeth supports the Dutch Protestants against the Spanish • Issues the 39 Articles of Religion (incorporates Catholic ritual with Calvinist doctrines) • Puritans wanted to purge the Anglican Church of all things Catholic • Act of Uniformity- Elizabeth wanted a unified England on the outside (political, not religious)

  26. Stay single MARRIAGE X X Marry the Catholic Phillip of Spain to keep friends with them. Marry an Englishman A B C

  27. Elizabeth is courted by several important figures (Philip II-Spain, Eric- Sweden, Francois, duc d’Anjou- France) • Why not marry? Able to maintain sovereignty and devote self to country by gaining support of male constituents & firm rule

  28. Keep her imprisoned in England Mary Queen of Scots X X Give her back to the Scots for possible execution Help her to get her Scottish throne back. C A B

  29. Ultimately Mary is implicated in a treasonous plot • Elizabeth has Mary executed • This pushed Philip II into a Catholic crusade against Elizabeth • He sent the Spanish Armada (navy) to England, but the fleet is forced to flee • A major blow to Spain

  30. Refuse to have any more portraits of yourself painted. Her looks X X Have especially beautiful portraits painted of you and send them to everyone. Accept that there is nothing you can do about it and act graciously. C A B

  31. Elizabeth was not keen on portraits because she had caught smallpox • Only had portraits commissioned from particular artists who would paint in an approved pattern

  32. Ermine Portrait, 1585 (age 52) by Nicholas Hilliard Pelican Portrait, 1574 (age 41) by Nicholas Hilliard

  33. Crisis: Starvation • Pass extra laws against beggars to stop any trouble X X Ignore it- it happens all the time! Send them more food to help them through the crisis A B C

  34. Vagrants (able bodied beggars) moved from town to town • Faced harsh punishments from the Puritans who saw the unemployed as sinners • More lenient towards the “impotent poor” • Act of 1601- required each parish to take care of their own poor (aid for i.p., workhouses for vagrants)

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