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  • Elizabeth I

    • The Elizabethans overview - Edexcel

      The Elizabethan era in the 16th century was one of adventure, intrigue, personalities, plots and power struggles. At the centre was Elizabeth , ‘The Virgin Queen’, who ruled England between 1558-1603.

    • The early rule of Queen Elizabeth I - Edexcel

      Elizabeth inherited problems in religion, economy and foreign policy. She tightly controlled Parliament and her Privy Council. She never married, putting the security of England before herself.

    • Queen Elizabeth I's early rule quiz

      Revise and learn about the background to Queen Elizabeth I's reign, her key ministers and advisors, her character and her views on marriage.

    • Elizabethan Religious Settlement - Edexcel

      Religion became a very divisive factor in people’s lives in England when Protestant ideas challenged the dominance of the Catholic Church of Rome. Elizabeth offered a ‘middle way’ compromise.

    • Queen Elizabeth I's Religious Settlement quiz

      Revise and learn about the Elizabethans' problems with religion, Catholic plots against Queen Elizabeth I and the Puritan threat.

    • Challenges to Elizabeth's rule - Edexcel

      Elizabeth faced challenges throughout her long reign - from Mary, Queen of Scots, to the Spanish Armada. She was a cautious ruler who acted carefully to preserve England’s security.

    • Challenges to Queen Elizabeth I's rule quiz

      Revise and learn about the challenges that Queen Elizabeth I faced throughout her reign with this quiz.

    • Life in Elizabethan England - Edexcel

      Elizabeth’s reign was seen as a ‘golden age’ of culture and exploration, but society was characterised by extremes of rich and poor. An increasing population and rising poverty became a big problem.

    • Life in Elizabethan times quiz

      Revise and learn about the poor and attitudes to poverty, the Poor Laws, leisure, theatre and pastimes in Elizabethan England.

    • The Elizabethans - exam preparation - Edexcel

      In your History GCSE, it is important that you not only have good subject knowledge, but have the skills to apply this knowledge to exam questions.

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