AQA A2 HISTORY: The Triumph of Elizabeth, 1547-1603 Offical Thread. 2nd June 2014.

you say there is a lot to talk about with france, what would you bring up?

If France came up, you would talk about how they helped the scots during somersets suzerainty, how Mary was at war with them and this led Elizabeth to cataue-cambresis, and then about 1562 massacre at valley of Guise which led to intervention and how they turned on her which resulted to Troyes, then this led her to 'burn her fingers' and not want to intervene elsewhere, also about MQS being queen and how that affected Scotland's policy through Guise influence and then about blois but use St Barts day to counteract this which shows her desperation to pursue a 'Spanish defence league' and how Henry III was reluctant to renew in 74 which led to Anjou marriage negotiations in 79 and furthering this his disasterous mission in Netherlands (could even mention leicester following this?) and then about Henry Navarre succeeding the throne and her policies seemed to align until he wanted intervention despite victory at Brittany and how he eventually turned Catholic because 'Paris deserves a mass' so ultimately despite a thaw in relations, France realtions are still not successful

If France came up, you would talk about how they helped the scots during somersets suzerainty, how Mary was at war with them and this led Elizabeth to cataue-cambresis, and then about 1562 massacre at valley of Guise which led to intervention and how they turned on her which resulted to Troyes, then this led her to 'burn her fingers' and not want to intervene elsewhere, also about MQS being queen and how that affected Scotland's policy through Guise influence and then about blois but use St Barts day to counteract this which shows her desperation to pursue a 'Spanish defence league' and how Henry III was reluctant to renew in 74 which led to Anjou marriage negotiations in 79 and furthering this his disasterous mission in Netherlands (could even mention leicester following this?) and then about Henry Navarre succeeding the throne and her policies seemed to align until he wanted intervention despite victory at Brittany and how he eventually turned Catholic because 'Paris deserves a mass' so ultimately despite a thaw in relations, France realtions are still not successful

Puritanism and especially Presbyterianism started dying out didn't it? The leading puritan sympathisers at court such as Walsingham and Leicester started dying out, and the religious predicament/unity by the end of her reign shows clearly that Puritanism's growing influence had long passed. Like god knows how many years past!

Kind of gutted that religion spanning from Edward's reign to half way through Elizabeth's reign was on last year, it would have been one of my ideal questions

Last years lot got off easy.

Looking at the last 4 papers they all appear to have a Mid-tudor crisis question in them- or certainly the dates!

‘In the years 1547 to 1558 English government was at its most effective during the rule
of Mary I.’
How valid is this assessment? (June 2010)

‘The rebellions which occurred during the reigns of Edward VI and Mary I were mainly
political in origin.’
Assess the validity of this view. (June 2011)

To what extent did royal authority decline in the years 1547 to 1558? (June 2012)

‘Tudor monarchs experienced more failures than successes in dealing with religion in
England in the years 1547 to 1587.’
Assess the validity of this view. (June 2013)

So I presume this means we'll get a mid-Tudor crisis question? I do not like the look of that question but I suppose that's because I need to review Elizabeth's religious policies.

Hey guys, can someone explain to me what the Archpriest Controversy is and its significance?

can someone please write a little paragraph suggesting that factional rivalry existed between Leicester and Cecil at the start of Mary's reign, and, with examples, please explain WHY this threatened her position?
I'm really struggling here on understanding this.