Elizabeth and Parliament Notes
The situation of parliament faced by Elizabeth I was extremely different to how it would have been today. She was firmly at the heart of the nation's political life. Parliament played no part in either its selection or its policy making. The House of Lords was at least as important as the House of Commons. Over a 1/3 of MPs were effectively nominated by powerful lords. It met only when and for as long as the queen wished it. In total there were 13 sessions called by Elizabeth, these being in
1. 1559
2. 1563
3. 1566
4. 1571
5. 1572
6. 1576
7. 1581
8. 1584
9. 1586
10. 1589
11. 1593
12. 1597
13. 1601
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For about a generation it was widely accepted that this view was to be the last word on the matter. However the Whig view was being slowly eroded up until about the 1070's when it was regarded as being "old-fashioned". Now historians were thinking that aspects of history should be studied with the context of their own times rather than being used to provide explanations. Historians interested in the causes of the Civil War wondered whether long-term causes were as important as had been traditionally thought. Thus they agreed that there was no need to look back any further than 1637.
In the 1980's historians such as Jones, Graves and Elton made claims that Neale had misunderstood the evidence on which his work was focused, his evidence was unreliable and conclusions were dubious and invalid. Now Elton has filled most of the spaces left open but there is still a lot of work to be done.
The Neale Interpretation.
Neale identifies the "Puritan Choir". He describes this a group of MPs who made attempts to force Elizabeth to make policies that its members liked and to raise the status of the House of Commons. To make
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It is Elton who has made the biggest efforts to explaining the significance of the "Puritan Chorus" pamphlet of 1566. He has approved that it was not a list of MPs who shared Puritan sympathies. For example about 12 of the MPs was Privy Counsellors and some had a Catholic education. However it is still unclear as to what the pamphlet actually was although it seems very likely that it was a list of MPs appointed to consult with the representatives of the House of Lords. But no evidence has been found that allows us to criticise the committee or the publication.
Neale's work though should not be discredited; his work has brought up some correct findings. For example there was sometimes discontent between Elizabeth's actions and the MPs, for example the marriage problems of the 1560's and 1570's. Also he was correct in saying that a large number of MPs did work to try and get the Church of England to become more Protestant. There is the danger of saying that since some of his work has been wrong he is a poor historian however this
First, both of the main speakers within each of the following Puritan literary works were ministers during the 1700s, which was around the time of the Puritans. These works were also written within third person point of view. Now, both of these ministers then express their concerns for their congregation
Elizabethen parliaments 1559 - 1601 [2] Elton. Parliament [3] Graves. Elizabethen parliaments 1559 - 1601
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