Elizabeth's World of Women
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Saturday 23 June 2012
Key Ideas
An Elizabethan Parliament |
Elizabeth’s tight control of parliament showed her to be a dominant female:
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- Her half-sister Mary failed to control her court so Elizabeth knew that she had to have ultimate control to be a successful Monarch. Thus, her advisors and council always knew that she was in charge.
-She had the ability to have ultimate control (she held the balance of the power and made all the decisions) yet knew when to take advice from her trusted advisors like Lord Burghley.
-She had sound judgement in selecting capable privy councillors which meant that she was surrounded by competent experts in different areas so she was able to rule effectively.
-The tight control of parliament meant that she was able to take control of her life and as a powerful figure she influenced the traditional views of women being inferior and submissive to be challenged.
Queen Elizabeth on her throne as portrayed in the 1998 film 'Elizabeth'
The speeches she made during her reign encouraged men to accept women as their equals:
-Spanish Armada speech: “I have the heart and stomach of a King”
- She often referred to herself as a Prince to show she was above ‘everyday women’. -Thus she became accepted as a powerful human – a force to be reckoned with, let alone a woman.
-1559 speech about marriage
-1559 speech about religion
-1563 speech in parliament
-1585 speech about religion
-1601 last speech to parliament – ‘Golden Speech’
Glossary of Key Terms
Patriarchal – A society where men were considered the leaders and dominant sex and women were their inferiors.
Supreme Governor - The Supreme Governor of the Church of England is a title which British Monarchs
have to show their leadership over the Church of England.
Excommunication - To deprive of the right of church membership by ecclesiastical authorityBibliographyReferencing from guidelines on http://www.factmonster.com/homework/t8biblio.htmlBlog
Pictures from Internet related to key ideas:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/excommunicate. Author unknown. First accessed 24/06/12.
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Governor_of_the_Church_of_England. Author unknown. First accessed 24/06/12.
Transcript/Podcast
Websites:
http://www.elizabethi.org/us/women/.
Author unknown. First accessed 24/06/12.
http://www.duke.edu/web/emt/student_projects/morgan/women.html.
Author: Morgan, K. First accessed 24/06/12.
http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-women.htm
First accessed 24/06/12, author unknown.
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/tilbury.htm
First accessed 24/06/12, primary source, author: Queen Elizabeth I.
http://www.luminarium.org/renascence-editions/eliz1.html
First accessed 24/06/12, primary source, author: Queen Elizabeth I
Books:
Sim, A ‘The Tudor Housewife’ Canada: McGill-Queen’s University
Press, 2001.
Fraser, A ‘The Warrior Queens’ New York: Vintage Books, 1998.
Textbooks:
Campbell, C and Childs, R ‘Longman Write-on Notes 1558-1667’
Fourth edition Malaysia: Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011.
ClickView:
Documentary
‘Monarchy’, found on ClickView program, first showed on the History Channel,
created and presented by Starkey, D, 2007.
First accessed 24th June.
Podcast:
Podcast found on http://www.historyextra.com/podcast-page.
Podcast accessed 24th June.
First played 12th August 2011 as part of the Tudor series of podcasts – Interviewee; Susan Doran
Encyclopaedia:
World Book Encyclopedia (E-6). Published
World Book inc. in Chicago, 2004, pg 238-239
Music: Elizabethan Court Music from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_RcMug23po. Composers or musicians unknown. |
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