Eduqas GCSE History: Component 1 Option 1B — The Elizabethan Age, 1558-1603

What is included

What this course covers

• Topic 1 — Elizabethan government

  • 1.1 – The coronation and popularity of Elizabeth
  • 1.2 – Royal Court, Privy Council and councillors
  • 1.3 – Local government; the role of Parliament; taxation and freedom of speech

• Topic 2 — Lifestyles of rich and poor

  • 2.1 – Contrasting lifestyles of rich and poor; homes and fashion
  • 2.2 – Causes of poverty; issue of unemployment and vagrancy
  • 2.3 – Government legislation including the 1601 Poor Law

• Topic 3 — Popular entertainment

  • 3.1 – The importance of popular entertainment and cruel sports
  • 3.2 – Entertainment enjoyed by the rich
  • 3.3 – The Elizabethan theatre; design, plays; attitudes towards the theatre

• Topic 4 — The problem of religion

  • 4.1 – Religious problems in 1559 and aims of the Religious Settlement
  • 4.2 – The ‘Middle Way’, Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity
  • 4.3 – Reactions to the Settlement

• Topic 5 — The Catholic threat

  • 5.1 – Early toleration, excommunication in 1570 and recusancy
  • 5.2 – Rebellion of Northern Earls
  • 5.3 – Catholic Plots – Ridolfi, Throckmorton, Babington
  • 5.4 – Role of Mary, Queen of Scots

• Topic 6 — The Spanish Armada

  • 6.1 – Reasons for the Armada and war in the Netherlands
  • 6.2 – Course of the Armada – events in the Channel, Calais, ‘fireships’ and return to Spain
  • 6.3 – Results of the Armada

• Topic 7 — The Puritan threat

  • 7.1 – Puritanism and challenge to the Settlement
  • 7.2 – Puritan opposition in Parliament and Privy Council; measures against the Puritan challenge

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