Chapter 1: Queen Elizabeth

1.1 - What was Britain like in 1558 ? 1.3 - Queen Elizabeth is ‘middle way’
Food and drinks
• basic diet The religious settlement
Communication
Homes • Elizabeth hoped she would please most people and keep the country
• word of mouth
• Books were becoming • the rich lived in large and brick built peaceful.
homes
popular
• The poor lived in small and thatched-
• Her ideas were known as her Religious Settlement. It is also known as
Transport roof cottages her ‘middle way’.
• The rich ride horses
• The poor walked
Britain in Rulers
1558 • Queen Elizabeth of England, Ireland The middle way
(and Wales)
• Queen Mary of Scotland • Elizabeth made herself Governor of the Church of England to please
Catholic
The known world Religion • Priest are allowed to marry to please the Protestants
Clothing • North and South • Protestants
• A sign of their America, Europe, the • Catholics • Elizabeth kept the bishops - but they were under her control
status east and west coasts of • Strict Catholics, who didn’t want to attend the hew services weren’t
• Wealthy wore Africa, India and the
expensive fabrics east coast of China punished.
But, they will be fined for staying at home.
1.2 Young Elizabeth: what was she like? These people were known as recusants

Secret of her success: Did the ‘middle way’ worked?

1. She enjoyed learning • Very strict Protestants , known as Puritans are unhappy of Queen
• had her own personal tutor Elizabeth’s idea. They wanted to remove all trace of Catholics faith in
• Enjoy working hard at her lessons England.
• She loved to write poems, translate foreign books and learn new
• Strict Catholics think that Protestants were a danger to religion and
language
damning the whole country to hell
2. She got attention because she was clever • As a result, Queen Elizabeth to make a life a little tougher for Catholics
• King Henry was disappointed when Elizabeth was born but soon grew
to love spending time with her. Priest hole
• The king and Queen Elizabeth chatted, swapped gifts and sang together 1580: new laws were passed that Catholic priests could now be tried and
executed
3. She was lonely 1581: the fine recusants had to pay was heavily increased to force them to
• Don’t really have any close friends leave the country , but many run out of money and thrown in prison.

4. There was nothing much else to do • Because of the threat of execution, many catholic priests continued to
• Books, music and horse riding are the entertainment that provide for
her
hold their Catholic services in secret
• She seemed to be good at it. • Some priest were hidden in the ‘priest hole’ to avoid capture and
punishment wan officials came looking for them.
Timeline
1547: 1.4 - Why did Queen Elizabeth kill her cousin?
• King Henry viii died
• Elizabeth was 13 Mary in France and Scotland
• Her younger half brother, Edward, became king (aged 9) • Mary married to a French king in 1558
• Then, to an English lord in 1565
1533: • Then, in 1567, she married the man (Earl Bothwell) who was suspected
• Edward died aged 15 of being involved in the murder of her second husband
• Elizabeth was suspected of plotting against Edward during his short
reign
Mary in England
• Mary became queen
• Elizabeth was suspected of plotting the monarch
• People were suspicious of Mary’s connection to her second husband’s
• Mary kept Elizabeth like a prisoner at various country house death, and some rebelled against her
• She was forced to give up her throne to her young son in 1558
1558: • In 1568, she ran away to England and hoped that her cousin Queen
• Queen Mary was dead Elizabeth would pity her.
• Elizabeth became the queen of England at the age of 25 • However, Mary caused a lot of problem for Elizabeth
• Mary was imprisoned in various houses and castles for the next 19
years, and they never actually met.
• Elizabeth was forced to take action against Mary when she discovered
Princess Elizabeth that Mary was involved in a plot to kill her
is trying to show
that she is very rich The Babington Plot
• In 1586, Anthony Babington came up with a secret plan to kill
Elizabeth
• He organised:
Princess Elizabeth
- 6 men to kill her
is trying to show
- then, rescue Mary from her prison and make her the new Queen of
that she is well
England
educated
• However, Babington needed to know if Mary like the idea by
contacting her in prison

Secret letters
• Babington managed to contact Mary’s servant to hide secret letter in
beer barrels that were taken to her room
• Letters are written in code
• Mary agreed to the plan
• However, Mary’s servants worked for England’s chief spy, Sr Francis
Walsingham
• He took the letters straight to Elizabeth