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BC Elizabethan England, c1568-1603
Study Elizabeth I's reign from economic, religious, political, social and cultural standpoints, including contemporary and historical controversies.
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AQAGCSEHistoryPaper 2 Section B: British depth studies including the historic environment
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Part one: Elizabeth's court and Parliament2 objectives
- Study Elizabeth I and her court, including Elizabeth's background and character, court life, patronage and key ministers.
- Study the difficulties of a female ruler, including relations with Parliament, marriage, succession and Elizabeth's authority at the end of her reign including Essex's rebellion in 1601.
Part two: Life in Elizabethan times3 objectives
- Study the Golden Age, including living standards, fashions, prosperity, rise of the gentry, Elizabethan theatre and attitudes to theatre.
- Study the poor, including reasons for increased poverty, attitudes and responses to poverty, reasons for government action and seriousness of the problem.
- Study English sailors, including Hawkins, Drake, circumnavigation from 1577 to 1580, voyages, trade and Raleigh's role.
Part three: Troubles at home and abroad3 objectives
- Study religious matters, including English Catholicism and Protestantism, Northern Rebellion, excommunication, missionaries, Catholic plots, threats to the Elizabethan settlement, Puritanism and government responses.
- Study Mary Queen of Scots, including background, Elizabeth and Parliament's treatment of Mary, Mary's challenge, plots, execution and its impact.
- Study conflict with Spain, including reasons, events, naval warfare, tactics, technology and defeat of the Spanish Armada.
Part four: The historic environment of Elizabethan England8 objectives
- Study the location of the specified historic environment site.
- Study the function of the specified historic environment site.
- Study the structure of the specified historic environment site.
- Study people connected with the site, such as the designer, originator and occupants.
- Study the design of the specified historic environment site.
- Study how the site's design reflects the culture, values and fashions of the people at the time.
- Study how important events and developments from Elizabethan England connect to the specified site.
- Study how Tudor manor houses, gardens, theatres, villages, towns, cities, voyages, trade, revolts and battles can connect the historic environment to the depth study.
Key terms
Elizabeth IcourtParliamentmarriageGolden AgegentrypovertyHawkinsDrakeNorthern RebellionexcommunicationMary Queen of Scots
Exam tips
- Exam focus: Elizabeth I: Support each point about Elizabeth I with precise historical evidence.
- Exam focus: Parliament: Support each point about Parliament with precise historical evidence.
Common mistakes
- Avoid confusing Elizabeth I: Anchor the answer to Part one: Elizabeth's court and Parliament, use precise evidence, and state whether Elizabeth I is a cause, consequence, change, continuity or significant development.
- Avoid confusing Parliament: Anchor the answer to Part one: Elizabeth's court and Parliament, use precise evidence, and state whether Parliament is a cause, consequence, change, continuity or significant development.
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