2. Learning Objectives To evaluate the legacy and successes of Elizabeth’s reign. To remind ourselves of the rebellions that took place in the period 1485-1603.

5. Alphabet questionAnswer Since when, or so, has the largely uncritical views of Elizabeth’s reign been challenged? G What type of picture has now emerged of the Queen and her achievements? C The division between what and what in the seventeenth century is now one of the key areas of debate? C and P Whilst there had been significant economic, social and religious changes where had there not been a similar revolution? P What were there more of than nobles by 1603? P A Despite this, what was England still run as? P M What combined with Elizabeth’s capability to ensure the political system held together? C P What was Elizabeth’s main achievement over fifty years? K C What positive thing did she leave James I? P S M (As well as a S S and the G of most E ) What negative things had she left him? E W S ( As well as F P, P and R tension) Who described Elizabeth as an ‘Excellent Queen’? J H

6. Alphabet questionAnswer What were most historical writings full of in the years after her reign? C What was one of the achievements focused on by these writings? A t in E r What was another? D of S A And another? C What did historians begin to focus on during the 1950s and 1960s? E M What did John Neale see Parliament as being the centre for? P D and D What did some historians see as being sown in this period? C W More recently, historians have challenged this saying that Parliament was actually far more what? C What does Christopher Haigh focus on his book which challenges the idea of Elizabeth’s reign as a ‘Golden Age’? P and I What has David Starkey focused on? D P What does he suggest that was influenced by? E L

7. https://tudorrebellions.wordpress.com/2 014/11/22/1601-essexs-rebellion/

8. Was poor leadership mainly responsible for the failure of Tudor rebellions in the period 1509-1559?

9. 1.Poor leadership. 2.Strength and power of the Crown and government (e.g. spy networks). 3.Lack of support. 4.Lack of organisation and unity. 5.The moral and spiritual power of the Crown. 6.Physical obstacles (e.g. the weather. lack of weapons).