Elizabethan England 1558-1603

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• Said to be more radically Protestant? [check this!]

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• With the modification of deeming Elizabeth I the supreme 'Govenor' as a woman could not be head of the church.

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• How the church was run. Aimed to unite and standardize.

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• This was a combination of the Edwardian 1552 version under Cranmer with additions which would leave transubstantiation open to Catholics and Protestants.

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• Dudley's wife dies suspiciously in 1560. He is suspected of foul play and loses favour in Court.

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• Lord Chancellor to Elizabeth I until his death.

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• Headed operations to uncover plots against Elizabeth.

1. First English Voyage around the globe 1577

1. Spanish Armada 1588
2. Second Spanish Armada 1597

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• 1585, Elizabeth sends an army to defend the Dutch territories against the Spanish.

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• Uprising of Catholics against their Protestant Queen. It is a bloody and laborious battle. Protestants overpower their Catholic counterparts and operate a 'Scorch Earth Policy', which leaves Catholics starving and impoverished.

1. Abdicates throne in 1567
2. Flees to England in 1568

1. Northern Rebellion 1569
2. Ridolfi Plot 1571
3. Babington Plot 1586
4. Essex Rebellion 1601

1. Small Pox contracted in 1562

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• Papal Bull issued by Pope Pius which excommunicated Elizabeth and praised in advance any Catholic who was able to take her life.