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  2. Elizabethan government - Wikipedia

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    England under Elizabeth I's reign, the Elizabethan Era, was ruled by the very structured and complicated Elizabethan government.It was divided into the national bodies (the monarch, Privy Council, and Parliament), the regional bodies (the Council of the North and Council of the Marches), the county, community bodies and the court system.

  3. Elizabeth II - Wikipedia

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    Elizabeth was born on 21 April 1926, the first child of Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI), and his wife, Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother). Her father was the second son of King George V and Queen Mary , and her mother was the youngest daughter of Scottish aristocrat Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th ...

  4. Elizabethan Religious Settlement - Wikipedia

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    The Elizabethan Religious Settlement is the name given to the religious and political arrangements made for England during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603). The settlement, implemented from 1559 to 1563, marked the end of the English Reformation .

  5. Poor Relief Act 1601 - Wikipedia

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    The Poor Relief Act 1601 [1] (43 Eliz. 1.c. 2) was an Act of the Parliament of England. The Act for the Relief of the Poor 1601, popularly known as the Elizabethan Poor Law, the "43rd Elizabeth", [a] or the "Old Poor Law", [b] was passed in 1601 and created a poor law system for England and Wales.

  6. Essex's Rebellion - Wikipedia

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    On 25 February 1601, Essex was beheaded in the confines of the Tower of London, and buried there in the Church of St Peter ad Vincula. [11] The government was concerned about sympathy for Essex on the occasion and took care to brief the preacher at Paul's Cross (William Barlow) on how to address Essex's confession and execution. [12]

  7. Tudor period - Wikipedia

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    In England and Wales, the Tudor period occurred between 1485 and 1603, including the Elizabethan era during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603). The Tudor period coincides with the dynasty of the House of Tudor in England, which began with the reign of Henry VII.

  8. Elizabethan era - Wikipedia

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    The Elizabethan era is the epoch in the Tudor period of the history of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603). ... and effective government, ...

  9. English political intrigue during the Dutch Revolt - Wikipedia

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    Correspondence of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leycester, During His Government of the Low Countries, In the Years 1585 and 1586, edited by John Bruce. London: John Bowyer Nichols and Son, 1844. MacCaffrey, Wallace T. Queen Elizabeth and the Making of Policy, 1572–1588. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1981. Pope, Pius V. 1570.