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  • Elizabeth I

    • The Elizabethans overview - OCR B

      Elizabeth I is a colourful monarch. Her reign has been referred to by some as a ‘golden age’ but more recently this has been challenged and Elizabeth’s control over her country has been questioned.

    • Queen Elizabeth I and government - OCR B

      Elizabeth believed that God had appointed her and she in turn appointed men to help her govern the country. She did face rebellions but remained in power until her death.

    • Catholics and Queen Elizabeth I - OCR B

      Elizabeth had tried to adopt a ‘middle way’ between Catholics and Puritans but the arrival of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1568 provided a focus for Catholic plots.

    • Daily life in Elizabethan England - OCR B

      There were three groups of people in Elizabethan England, rich, middling and poor. The problem of poverty had worsened by the end of the reign.

    • Popular culture in Elizabethan England - OCR B

      Elizabeth's reign has been called a cultural 'golden age'; she certainly supported the rise of art, music and theatre, but not everyone saw the changes and nor was everyone happy about it.

    • Queen Elizabeth I and the wider world - OCR B

      Elizabeth's reign was a time of discovery as English ships travelled the world, exploring and trading. Under Elizabeth, England became a great naval power, and sowed the seeds of the British Empire.

    • The Elizabethans - exam preparation - OCR B

      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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