Grade 9 Elizabethan England notes on all requirements to get full marks on the mark scheme. All the information required on how I achieved a Grade 9, follows the OCR and AQA mark scheme. Explains the problems Elizabeth I faced, the society and government at the time, religious settlement, and her c...
- She was born in 1533 and this was towards the end of her father’s reign Henry
VIII who was the King of England.
- Her mother was Anne Boleyn - who was the second wife of Henry VIII, was
beheaded in 1536, when Elizabeth was two due to being accused of treason
and other claims by Henry VIII
Darnley Portrait - this was the portrait used to
represent Elizabeth - it was likely embellishments
were made for the the sake fo Elizabeth and the
painter. As Elizabeth sent for a painter to be
executed due to her disliking the portrait that was
created by them
Her Childhood:
- It was di cult being a child in the Tudor era due to the extremely high mortality
rates for mother and infants
- Although Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth survived - Anne Boleyn was beheaded
- Elizabeth was given a strong education, even though it was unlikely for women to
be educated, because she was known to be the the most probable heir in the
future her parents wanted her to be intellectually strong. She was taught by tutors
and learnt several languages e.g (Latin and French)
- Through her teenage years she had a fondness for translating, especially Latin and
Greek classics. She translated ‘Prayers and Medications’ and presented it to her
father as a new years gift which she did at a young age which emphasises her
intelligence, especially for a women in the Tudor Era
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, Elizabeth’s place to succession:
- Upon her birth it was known she was the most likely heir to throne as she was
an only child and hadn’t been disinherited by her father Henry VIII
- Her older sister Mary lost her claim to the throne because Henry VIII had
disinherited her, and annulled his marriage to her mother so he could remarry
- After Henry VIII married Jane Seymour, Elizabeth was declared illegitimate.
- Seymour produced a male child, which is what Henry VIII strongly desired and
was the reason he kept marrying di erent women. They boy extended the
Tudor lineage and Edward was the new undisputed heir to the throne.
Becoming Queen:
- Edward did become king and became Edward VI in 1547. He had a short reign
of 6 years and during this he was a child and therefore ruled under a regency.
- He was the rst protestant monarch following his father’s break with the Catholic
Church
- Upon Henry VIII death, the government formed a ‘Devise for the Succession’ to
ensure England didn’t have a catholic monarch in the future.
- This was broken as Mary, who was Catholic became queen and tried to reverse
all Protestant form which led to bloody executions and more then 300
Protestants burnt at the stake and many beheaded, just because of their faith.
- By her death in 1558, she reluctantly agreed Elizabeth would become queen due
to the fact there was no other heir.
Accession:
- Elizabeth became queen at 25
- She quickly declared her intentions to senior gures
- Elizabeth was immediately welcomed by the population, because people were
tired of the brutal rule of Mary. However, they were afraid of the marriage
question and if Elizabeth doesn’t marry how this would a ect England and the
Catholic threat - due to violence between religions.
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