Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Monopolies Crisis 1601
- Events
- Queen's tactics exploited her strengths
- Patronage through monopolies allowed
her to gain loyalty but costing her nothing
- Used a fiscal device to make money
- Intervention and Reformation
- Elizabeth sent a message
as an intervention
- All monopolies should have a
trial before being granted
- Proclamation
- Cecil = monopolies to be revoked
- House voted speaker and 12
members to express thanks to
Elizabeth. Golden Speech followed
- 24th Oct 1597 - 9th Feb 1598
and 27th Oct - 19th Dec 1601
- MPs had other ideas
- A rising of discontent; "a
response to common grievance"
- Queen wanted subsidies
to finance Spanish war
- Legality
- A bill gained support to examine legality
- Queen said that this action was against her prerogative
- Causes
- Irish Rebellion
- Tensions with parliament, meant that Elizabeth was
reluctant to ask for subsidies during times of war
- War
- Poor economy
- Lack of popularity and support
- Consequences
- Price fixing
- Enrichment of courtiers
at the public's expence
- Widespread resentment
- Agitation in the House of
Commons of the 1601 Parliament
- Golden Speech