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BC Elizabethan England, c1568-1603 key terms
Use these key terms for BC Elizabethan England, c1568-1603 in AQA History 8145. The page is built from approved learning objectives for this topic and links back to the wider unit, topic hub, and related revision assets.
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BC Elizabethan England, c1568-1603
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Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I is a History term for this objective because it helps explain Elizabeth I and her court, including Elizabeth's background and character, court life, patronage and...
court
In Part one: Elizabeth's court and Parliament, court should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.
Parliament
Parliament is a History term for this objective because it helps explain the difficulties of a female ruler, including relations with Parliament, marriage, succession and...
marriage
In Part one: Elizabeth's court and Parliament, marriage should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.
Golden Age
Golden Age is a History term for this objective because it helps explain the Golden Age, including living standards, fashions, prosperity, rise of the gentry, Elizabethan...
gentry
In Part two: Life in Elizabethan times, gentry should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.
poverty
poverty is a History term for this objective because it helps explain the poor, including reasons for increased poverty, attitudes and responses to poverty, reasons for...
poverty
In Part two: Life in Elizabethan times, poverty should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.
Hawkins
Hawkins is a History term for this objective because it helps explain English sailors, including Hawkins, Drake, circumnavigation from 1577 to 1580, voyages, trade and...
Drake
In Part two: Life in Elizabethan times, Drake should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.
Northern Rebellion
Northern Rebellion is a History term for this objective because it helps explain religious matters, including English Catholicism and Protestantism, Northern Rebellion,...
excommunication
In Part three: Troubles at home and abroad, excommunication should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.
Mary Queen of Scots
Mary Queen of Scots is a History term for this objective because it helps explain Mary Queen of Scots, including background, Elizabeth and Parliament's treatment of Mary,...
Mary Queen of Scots
In Part three: Troubles at home and abroad, Mary Queen of Scots should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.
Spanish Armada
Spanish Armada is a History term for this objective because it helps explain conflict with Spain, including reasons, events, naval warfare, tactics, technology and defeat of...
Spanish Armada
In Part three: Troubles at home and abroad, Spanish Armada should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.
historic environment
historic environment is a History term for this objective because it helps explain the location of the specified historic environment site in c1568-1603.
location
In Part four: The historic environment of Elizabethan England, location should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.
historic environment
historic environment is a History term for this objective because it helps explain the function of the specified historic environment site in c1568-1603.
function
In Part four: The historic environment of Elizabethan England, function should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.
historic environment
historic environment is a History term for this objective because it helps explain the structure of the specified historic environment site in c1568-1603.
structure
In Part four: The historic environment of Elizabethan England, structure should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.
design
design is a History term for this objective because it helps explain people connected with the site, such as the designer, originator and occupants in c1568-1603.
design
In Part four: The historic environment of Elizabethan England, design should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.
historic environment
historic environment is a History term for this objective because it helps explain the design of the specified historic environment site in c1568-1603.
design
In Part four: The historic environment of Elizabethan England, design should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.
design
design is a History term for this objective because it helps explain how the site's design reflects the culture, values and fashions of the people at the time in c1568-1603.
design
In Part four: The historic environment of Elizabethan England, design should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.
important
important is a History term for this objective because it helps explain how important events and developments from Elizabethan England connect to the specified site in c1568-1603.
important
In Part four: The historic environment of Elizabethan England, important should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.
historic environment
historic environment is a History term for this objective because it helps explain how Tudor manor houses, gardens, theatres, villages, towns, cities, voyages, trade, revolts...
Tudor manor houses
In Part four: The historic environment of Elizabethan England, Tudor manor houses should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.