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Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History Foundation Early Elizabethan England, 1558Ð88 Student Book
(2018)
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Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History Foundation Early Elizabethan England, 1558Ð88 Student Book
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Front Cover | ||
| Contents | 3 | ||
| Timeline | 6 | ||
| Chapter 1: Queen, government and religion, 1558–69 | 8 | ||
| 1.1: The situation on Elizabeth’s accession | 9 | ||
| Society and government in 1558 | 9 | ||
| The Virgin Queen | 13 | ||
| Challenges at home and from abroad | 15 | ||
| 1.2: The ‘settlement’ of religion | 18 | ||
| The English Reformation | 18 | ||
| 1.3: Challenge to the religious settlement | 26 | ||
| 1.4: The problem of Mary, Queen of Scots | 32 | ||
| Recap page | 37 | ||
| Writing Historically | 38 | ||
| Chapter 2: Challenges to Elizabeth at home and abroad, 1569–88 | 40 | ||
| 2.1: Plots and revolts at home | 41 | ||
| The Revolt of the Northern Earls, 1569 | 41 | ||
| The Ridolfi, Throckmorton and Babington plots | 45 | ||
| Mary, Queen of Scots’ execution | 47 | ||
| Walsingham’s use of spies | 48 | ||
| 2.2: Relations with Spain | 50 | ||
| Elizabeth I’s foreign policy aims | 51 | ||
| 2.3: Outbreak of war with Spain, 1585–88 | 59 | ||
| England’s direct involvement in the Netherlands 1585–88 | 59 | ||
| 2.4: The Armada | 61 | ||
| Why did Philip II launch the Spanish Armada? | 61 | ||
| How did England defeat the Spanish Armada? | 61 | ||
| Recap page | 65 | ||
| Writing Historically | 66 | ||
| Chapter 3: Elizabethan society in the Age of Exploration, 1558–88 | 68 | ||
| 3.1: Education and leisure | 69 | ||
| Education | 69 | ||
| Leisure | 73 | ||
| 3.2: The problem of the poor | 77 | ||
| Who were the poor? | 77 | ||
| Why did poverty increase? | 77 | ||
| Changing attitudes and policies towards the poor | 81 | ||
| 3.3: Exploration and voyages of discovery | 84 | ||
| What led Elizabethans to explore? | 84 | ||
| Ship design | 87 | ||
| Drake’s circumnavigation of the globe | 88 | ||
| 3.4: Raleigh and Virginia | 91 | ||
| Walter Raleigh’s significance | 91 | ||
| Organising the Virginia project | 94 | ||
| Why was the colonisation of Virginia significant? | 95 | ||
| Why did the attempts to colonise Virginia fail? | 95 | ||
| Inexperience | 95 | ||
| Recap page | 99 | ||
| Writing Historically | 100 | ||
| Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88: Preparing for your exams | 103 | ||
| Answers | 109 | ||
| Index | 110 |