1. Elizabeth = 1 point Edward/Mary = 2 points Henry VII/VIII = 3 points
Retrieval Quiz
1. What title was Elizabeth I given under the Act of Supremacy (1559)?
2. Which country did Somerset invade?
3. What is an attainder?
4. Who tried to coup against Northumberland, but failed and was executed?
5. What did the Treaty of London (1518) agree?
6. Name one of the Catholic Plots made against Elizabeth.
7. Who was made Arch Bishop of Canterbury in 1532, leading to Henry’s divorce from Catherine, and then marriage to Anne.
8. Who was appointed Lord Protector after Elizabeth recovered from Small Pox?
9. Mary’s Second Act of Repeal abolished all changes doctrinal legislation passed since when?
Elizabeth = 1 point Edward/Mary = 2 points Henry VII/VIII = 3 points

2. Retrieval Quiz: Answers
1. Supreme Governor
2. Scotland
3. Attainder were special laws passed by Parliament which allowed someone to be declared guilty of treason without trial.
4. Somerset
5. Committed the two dozen countries that signed the treaty to avoid war or risk being attacked the rest of the signatories.
6. Ridolfi, Throckmorton, Parry or Babington
7. Thomas Cranmer
8. Robert Dudley
Elizabeth = 1 point Edward/Mary = 2 points Henry VII/VIII = 3 points

3. The following task is due in today:
FLIP LEARNING
TASK:
Make a revision diagram about Elizabethan Government using the printed handout and extra handout on the blog
The following task is due in today:

4. Ministers / Privy Council
In what ways and how effectively was England governed during this period?
What we need to cover
Ministers / Privy Council
Finance
Court
Parliament
Here is a diagram that shows the different elements of government we will study for Elizabeth.
By the end of our lessons on government, you should be able to confidently talk about each across Elizabeth’s 45 year reign.

5. Elizabeth and Parliament
KNOW
EXPLAIN
EVALUATE
Based on the topic of this lesson and your homework:
What do you think we need to know about Parliament in this period?
What do you think we will need to explain about Parliament?
What debates do you think exist on the topic of Parliament in this period?
How effectively did the Tudors restore and develop the powers of the monarchy?
In what ways and how effectively was England governed during this period?

6. Elizabeth and Parliament: Interpretations
TASK: You have 15 minutes to read the section ‘How have the view of historians changed on Elizabeth’s Parliaments?, and record detail on the three different interpretations on this topic.
J.Lingard
A.F.Pollard and J.E.Neale
G.R.Elton and M.A.R.Graves

7. Emphasis on the despotism of the Tudor Monarchs
J.Lingard
Emphasis on the despotism of the Tudor Monarchs
Parliament played a little part the centralisation of government under HVIII
Elizabeth continued using Parliament to rubber-stamp changes that were executive decisions
Power was declining over time (from the Middle Ages)
Challenges royal prerogative under the Stuarts
Tudor period was an interruption in the long term process of parliamentary revolution
A.F.Pollard and J.E.Neale
Parliament didn’t develop in the Middle Ages
Under the Tudors it gradually evolved
Parliament reaches maturity under Elizabeth
Parliament became more self assertive, and willing to challenge
The core of resistance was the ‘Puritan Choir’ in the House of Commons. They were a consistent opposition to Elizabeth.
She had to accept a more radically Protestant settlement than she wanted , criticised her failure to marry, pressed for the execution of MQoS.
Leadership was provided by Peter Wentworth.
Civil War can be traced back to this period.
G.R.Elton and M.A.R.Graves
Far too much has been read into the Puritan Choir
It was much looser than Neale has suggested
Opposition was more likely to have been stirred up by the Queen’s Council, who would use MP’s to stubbornness
It is wrong to put Tudor Parliament into a long narrative that leads to the English Civil War
We should not be looking for conflict between Elizabeth and her Parliament because the two cannot be clearly separated

8. Parliament: Role and Power
Elizabeth had the power to call, suspend & dissolve Parliament when she desired. Therefore, Parliament was a temporary and occasional feature within the English Government. In total, parliament sat for less than 3 years in the whole of Elizabeth’s 45 year reign. (13 Parliamentary sessions over 45 years).
For homework, you looked at why Parliament met chronologically.
TASK
Organise the issues Elizabeth’s Parliaments discussed thematically.

9. Paste table from textbook
Parliament: Role and Power
Paste table from textbook

10. Context – questions based on the reading?
Parliament: Did the power of Parliament change during Elizabeth’s reign?
Article
Context – questions based on the reading?

11. Parliament: Did the power of Parliament change during Elizabeth’s reign?
TASK: Use your own knowledge and pp to bullet point evidence that supports that Parliament saw either a change in its power, or continuity in its power
Change
Continuity

12. Parliament: Did the power of Parliament change during Elizabeth’s reign?
TASK: Use pp to find evidence that supports that Parliament saw either a change in it’s power, or continuity in it’s power
Increase: Neale’s argument (Elizabeth’s settlement was more protestant than she wanted)
Increase: House of Commons took it upon itself to initiate business (succession/small pox)
Increase: Bishops in the House of Lords opposition to the religious settlement
Decrease: sessions were not taken up with constitutional issues (had been the case with HVIII)
Change
Still called/dissolved by monarch
Absenteeism remained an issue despite issues to solve (Privy Council, bills)
Opposition did not grow, it was disproportionate because of absenteeism
Records/procedures/privileges were refined to facilitate the transaction of monotonous legislative business, not to strengthen Common’s in it’s confrontations
House of Lords was still more efficient that the House of Commons – and this led to continuity in the Commons (rely on Lords for favour)
House of Lords saw little change after the early years (26 Bishops and lay peers). 1/3 relied on the queen for their titles directly.
Continuity

13. ‘Elizabeth was never able to control her Parliaments’
‘Elizabeth was never able to control her Parliaments’. Assess the validity of this view
TASK
Plan what you would say for the definitions and criteria elements of an introduction to this question.

14. ‘Elizabeth was never able to control her Parliaments’
‘Elizabeth was never able to control her Parliaments’. Assess the validity of this view
For each point:
Add detailed evidence
Explain how each point links to your criteria
You have been given the points that could be covered in an answer to this question.
FOR
AGAINST
Fierce opposition within the House of Lords to the 1559 Settlement (p.54 and 57)
The Crown was able to secure passage of its key legislation (homework handout)
Opposition to the Crown’s wishes from individual MPs: the Wentworths, Strickland, Cope (p and 150)
The House of Commons was carefully managed by privy councilors at least until the 1590s (p.65)
Debating of prerogative issues such as marriage and the succession irritated the Queen immensely (pp.65-66)
Most parliamentary sessions seem to have been conducted positively (pp.102)
Elizabeth’s last two parliaments were particularly marked by disputes (monopolies) (p )
A2 Elizabeth I Textbook

15. FLIP LEARNING TASK: Due after half term: Revise for GB3
Tudor source on Religion (Mid-Tudor and into Elizabeth’s reign)
America source (A2 content)
Part of your revision is filling in your revision grids, that will be checked after half term.
Due after half term: