The Privy Council was a group of
people appointed by the Queen
who were in charge of the general
administration of the country
The job of Parliament
was to pass laws and
provide the Queen
with money when she
needed it
The government in
the Elizabethan era
was divided into the
monarchy, Privy
Council and
parliament
The job of Parliament was to
pass laws and provide the
Queen with money when she
needed it
Queen Elizabeth I was the
monarch in the Elizabethan era,
and therefore made all ultimate
decisions in Elizabethan times
Reign of Queen
Elizabeth I
(1558–1603)
LIFESTYLE
The nobles held
great power and
frequently lived
colorful and
extravagant lives
Vast majority of the
Elizabethan
population was
quite poor
Members of the
lower classes in
England were
mainly uneducated
About 95
percent of the
population of
England lived
in these rural
districts
The peasant farmers
performed almost all of
the labor
Feudal system
The queen was
believed to be
God's
representation
here on Earth
Strict social classes
RELIGION
The two major religions in
Elizabethan England were
the Catholic and
Protestant religions
Reigning Monarchs
dictated the
'favoured' religion
Queen Elizabeth I
(r.1558-1603) succeeded
her sister Queen Mary
and adhered to the
Protestant religion and
restored Protestantism
as the official religion
In the early 1500's the
people of England all
practised the Roman
Catholic religion
The convictions and beliefs in
these different religions were so
strong that they led to the
executions of many adherents to
both of these Elizabethan religions
IDEOLOGY
The new ideas, information
and increased knowledge
about science, technology
and astrology led to a
renewed interest in the
supernatural including
witches, witchcraft and
ghosts which led to belief
in superstitions and the
supernatural