Starter quiz
- What is meant by the term 'golden age'?
- a time when lots of gold statues were made
- a time when gold was very common
- a time of peace, prosperity and plenty ✓
- a time when there were more old people than young people
- a time when the country achieved many of its goals
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- What building material did Elizabethans use to show off their wealth in 'prodigy houses'?
- wood
- clay
- pearls
- glass ✓
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- Which decade saw a period of particularly bad harvests which led to famine in England?
- 1550s
- 1570s
- 1590s ✓
- 1610s
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- Parliament was furious with Elizabeth in 1601 about her use of which one of the following:
- bad harvests
- monopolies ✓
- privateers
- royal progresses
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- Before Elizabeth's reign, what religious establishments had helped to provide food for the poor?
- colonies
- monasteries ✓
- prodigy houses
- theatres
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- Who led the two factions in Elizabeth's court at the end of her reign? Choose two answers.
- Robert Devereux ✓
- Robert Dudley
- Robert Cecil ✓
- William Cecil
- William Parry
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Exit quiz
- What belief about a person's physical appearance was common during Elizabeth's reign?
- people thought physical beauty reflected inner goodness ✓
- people thought a queen's appearance was not important
- people thought a queen's clothing choices reflected her intelligence
- people thought the younger a person looked, the wiser they must be
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- How did Elizabeth use speeches, such as the 'Golden Speech', to maintain her rule?
- by gently telling off members of Parliament for their criticism
- by encouraging Parliament to tell her what they wanted from her
- by delivering persuasive speeches to win support ✓
- by shouting and scaring critics into silence
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- What were royal progresses?
- technological advancements in transportation that Elizabeth had invested in
- religious reforms to promote unity among all of Elizabeth's subjects
- journeys made by Elizabeth and her court from one stately home to another ✓
- military campaigns against foreign powers
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- Complete this sentence: John Stubbs was punished for criticising Elizabeth by having his _________________ cut off.
- 'right hand' ✓
- How did some critics of Elizabeth, like John Foxe and Edmund Spenser, criticise Elizabeth and get away with it?
- they went into hiding and avoided the public
- they ran away to foreign countries to avoid Elizabeth's anger
- they presented their criticism gently and wrapped it in praise ✓
- they wrote their criticism in a foreign language
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- Who did the historian James Froude think was the real power behind the throne during Elizabeth's reign?
- 'Lord Burghley' ✓
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Key learning points
- Elizabeth used symbols within paintings to present different ideas about herself.
- Elizabeth used speeches to persuade and rally support.
- Elizabeth tightly controlled how she was depicted during her own lifetime.
- Popular interpretations of Elizabeth I have changed over time.
Common misconception
Historians all agree about what happened in the past.
Historians are constantly arguing and changing their minds about events in the past as new evidence comes to light.
Keywords
Depiction - a depiction is a representation of someone or something in words or pictures
Symbolism - symbolism is the use of objects or pictures to represent ideas or qualities
Interpretation - an interpretation is a historian’s opinion about past events
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