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1 online resource (xi, 192 pages) |
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text |
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online resource |
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Questions and analysis in history |
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Questions and analysis in history.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-183) and index. |
| Contents |
Elizabeth and her Government -- Background : Analysis 1: Assess the changes in and effectiveness of Elizabeth's Government -- Analysis 2: Compare the roles and importance of Elizabeth's main political servants -- Analysis 3: Consider the overall assessments made of the Queen and her reign -- Sources 1: Elizabeth and the task of monarchy -- Sources 2: Historians on Elizabeth's legacy. |
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Elizabeth and Parliament -- Background : Analysis 1: How have the views of historians changed on Elizabeth's Parliaments? -- Analysis 2: Did the power and role of Parliament change during the reign of Elizabeth? -- Analysis 3: How successfully did Elizabeth and her Government manage Parliament? -- Sources 1: The Queen and the House of Commons -- Sources 2: Interpretations of Elizabethan Parliaments. |
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The 1559 Religious Settlement -- Background : Analysis 1: How far, according to historians, did the 1559 Settlement represent a 'compromise '? -- Analysis 2: How effectively was the Settlement implemented by the Queen and the clergy? -- Sources 1: The Religious Settlement of 1559 -- Sources 2: Interpretations of influences behind the 1559 Religious Settlement. |
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Catholicism and the Catholic 'threat' -- Background : Analysis 1: Examine the treatment of Catholics by Elizabeth's government -- Analysis 2: How have historians interpreted the extent and influence of Catholicism in England during the reign of Elizabeth? -- Sources 1: Church vs State? -- Sources 2: 'Internal' or 'external' recusancy? |
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Puritanism and the Puritan 'threat' -- Background : Analysis 1: Who were the 'Puritans '? -- Analysis 2: Examine the treatment of Puritan 'threats ' by Elizabeth 's government -- Analysis 3: How have historians interpreted the 'threat ' posed by the Puritans? -- Sources 1: The attitudes of Elizabeth and her Archbishops to 'prophesyings' -- Sources 2: Historians and the 'threat' of the Puritans. |
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Foreign Policy -- Background : Analysis 1: What policy did Elizabeth pursue? -- Analysis 2: How successful was Elizabeth's foreign policy between 1558 and 1603? -- Sources 1: Historians' views on Elizabethan foreign policy. |
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The development of the economy -- Background : Analysis 1: Explain the changes in population trends in Tudor England -- Analysis 2: Examine the causes and effects of inflation between 1500 and 1600 -- Analysis 3: Examine the changes in the main sectors of the economy -- Sources 1: Statistics on English population 1500-1610 -- Sources 2: The price rise. |
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Society and culture -- Background : Analysis 1: What social changes had occurred by the end of Elizabeth's reign? -- Analysis 2: Examine the perceptions of, and measures against, poverty and crime during the period -- Analysis 3: What was 'Tudor 'culture'? -- Sources 1: The treatment of the poor. |
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The 'British' question -- Background : Analysis 1: Compare Tudor and Elizabethan rule on Wales and Ireland -- Analysis 2: Why -- and to what extent -- did Elizabeth's reign see a closer relationship between England and Scotland? -- Analysis 3: How far could it be said that a 'British' state had emerged by 1603? -- Sources 1: The troubles in Elizabethan Ireland -- Sources 2: Historians on Elizabethan 'Britain' -- Notes -- Select Bibliography. |
| Summary |
The Reign of Elizabeth I covers all of the important aspects of this significant period in history. Using extensive sources and historiography, Stephen J. Lee looks at the period 1558-1603, and explores: The religious settlement -- Government and foreign policy -- The economy -- Elizabeth's relationship with Parliament -- Society and culture. Also including a glossary of key terms and a helpful chronology, this is an essential tool for any student of British history. |
| Biography |
Stephen J. Lee was formerly head of history at Bromsgrove School. He has published over twenty books, including European Dictatorships (2nd edition, Routledge, 2000) and, in this series, The Mid Tudors (Routledge, 2007) and Gladstone and Disraeli (Routledge, 2005). |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
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Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1558-1603.
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Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Historiography.
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Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lee, Stephen J., 1945- Reign of Elizabeth I. London ; New York : Routledge, 2007 9780415302128 (DLC) 2007007660 |
| ISBN |
9780203089477 (electronic bk.) |
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0203089472 (electronic bk.) |
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9780429609435 (electronic bk. ; PDF) |
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0429609434 (electronic bk. ; PDF) |
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9780429603914 (electronic bk. ; EPUB) |
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0429603916 (electronic bk. ; EPUB) |
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9780429598395 (electronic bk. ; Mobipocket) |
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0429598394 (electronic bk. ; Mobipocket) |
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9780415302128 |
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0415302129 |
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9780415302135 |
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0415302137 |
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0203089472 |
