Starter quiz
- Match the words with their definitions.
- depiction⇔a representation of someone or something in words or pictures. ✓
- symbolism⇔the use of objects or pictures to represent ideas or qualities. ✓
- interpretation⇔an historian’s opinion about past events. ✓
- What were royal progresses?
- the journeys that Elizabeth and her court made from one stately home to another ✓
- when Elizabeth won in a negotiation with another country
- Elizabeth's accumulation of weath
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- Whose right hand did Elizabeth I have chopped off in 1579?
- John Stubbs ✓
- the French Catholic Duke of Anjou
- John Foxe
- Edmund Spense
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- The name given to the rousing speech that Elizabeth I gave in 1601 which increase her support was the ______.
- 'Golden Speech' ✓
- Which of the following are examples of historians interpretations of Elizabeth I?
- She is one of England’s greatest rulers. ✓
- William Cecil, Lord Burghley, was the real power behind the throne. ✓
- She was merely a lucky queen who hated making decisions and so often didn’t. ✓
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- Elizabeth's portraits often contained ______ to represent a particular message that she wanted to convey to her subjects.
- 'symbols' ✓
Exit quiz
- ______ are buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows.
- 'Monasteries' ✓
- This keyword is an act of armed resistance against a government or leader.
- 'rebellion' ✓
- The closure of which buildings removed a valuable safety net for England’s poorest and most vulnerable?
- the monasteries ✓
- the schools
- the hospitals
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- Which of the following factors contributed to the increase in poverty in the Tudor period?
- the dissolution of the monasteries ✓
- more cow farming reduced the need for farm workers
- crops failed for four years in a row during the 1590s ✓
- more sheep farming reduced the need for farm workers ✓
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- What is rack-renting?
- a phrase that describes increased competition for jobs
- when soldiers were left unemployed
- when landlords increased rents to unaffordable prices ✓
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- Which of the following statements accurately describes the impact of poverty in Tudor England. Select all of the correct statements.
- Many people were forced into begging. ✓
- Many people moved to the towns from the countryside. ✓
- England introduced some laws to try and help the most vulnerable. ✓
- The government intervened and resolved the impact of poverty.
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Key learning points
- The Tudor period saw great advances which were not equally enjoyed by the rich and poor.
- Poverty became a greater political issue in the late 16th century.
- The 1590s saw a series of bad harvests which accelerated levels of poverty.
- The Elizabethan elite were worried that rebellions fuelled by poverty might spring up.
Common misconception
The government is there to help people when they are in need.
Throughout much of history, governments have regularly failed to support the most vulnerable in society, as many of them did not see that as their function.
Keywords
Poverty - poverty is the state of being extremely poor
Monasteries - monasteries are buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows
Rebellion - a rebellion is an act of armed resistance against a government or leader
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