POLITICS AND MONARCHY

WHAT WAS THE POLITICAL SYSTEM IN EGLAND LIKE?

• The government was a personal monarchy with ministers
• There were kings and queens but the monarchs made the main decisions
• They determined the issues of the natural region
• During that time the majority of people were protestants

THE MAIN PERSON IN POWER WAS QUEEN ELIZABETH THE FIRST

• Queen Elizabeth(1533-1603) ruled from 1558-1603
• She was known as the virgin queen Gloriana or good queen bess
• Her parents were Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII
• Her mother died when she was 2 and her father in 1547
• Her brother(ruling at that time was ruling) died in 1553

HOW QUEEN ELIZABETHWAS PERCIEVED...

• Her sister (bloody mary) and her cousin fought for the throne
• Her sister won and after she did , tried to convert everyone into catholics
• She killed 30 protestants that why shes known as "bloody mary"
• Queen elizabeth immediately takes throne and control
• Many didnt want her to rule because she wasnt married

THE STRUGGLES...

• After queen Elizabeth took throne Mary had caused many problems
• England was at war agiants the french
• There were many uprisings/revolts from the protestants and catholics
• In 1585 the Spanish Armada declares war on England

THREATS TOWARD THE POLITICAL SYSTEM IN ENGLAND

• The pope during that time excommunicated her (removed her for a while)
• Towards the end of her throne the war between france and spain ended(no one "won")
• at the beginning of Shakespeare's life most people were protestants but...
• Because of the uprisings towards the end of his life most people were catholic

SHAKESPEARE'SRELATIONSHIP WITH THE COURT

• The poet throughout his life greatly supported any decisions queen Elizabeth made
• Queen Elizabeth and King James I, greatly loved the drama and hos style of plays
• devoted herself to the study of the ancient classical period
• she also delighted in her own theatrical entertainments, and used his plays to inspire other "actors"

THE THREE BODIES OF THE GOVERNMENT

• These three bodies would work together to:
• Govern the country raise money, and make laws
• Of great influence in tudor and the elizabethan era were the nobility and gentry.
• Land was power during erlymodern period. Those who possesed it wealthy.
• Many of them were masters of the tenants on the land as well as those who worked for them

SHAKESPEARE AND THE COURT

• Court refers to the main political system or leaders during that time
• Durning the elizabethan era the "court" leaders were: queen Elizabeth,king James and pope V
• The monarchs were in control of the government before queen Elizabeth but...
• Lost their power after she came in throne

SOURCES:

• http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CAwQFjA...
• http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/