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Elizabethans 1558-88

GCSE History: Guide to planning and teaching Edexcel 9-1 GCSE

How to get the best out of the Edexcel British Depth Study: Early Elizabethan England

Early Elizabethan England for Edexcel 9-1 GCSE

How was Elizabeth’s character and reign shaped by events in her early life?

What problems did Elizabeth face at the beginning of her reign?

How serious a challenge did Elizabeth face from the Puritans?

What kind of Church did Elizabeth choose in 1559?

How big a threat was Mary Queen of Scots to Elizabeth in 1568?

What made the Northern Earls Revolt in 1569?

What threat did Catholic plots pose to Elizabeth?

Can you update Ladybird’s explanation for the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots?

How much does a 16th Century Dutch painting reveal about why England and Spain went to war?

How accurately does the film ‘Drake of England’, deal with the Spanish Armada and its failure?

Why was there an increase in poverty and vagabondage in Elizabethan England?

Was Elizabethan society really under threat from a ‘rascally rabbalage’ of vagabonds?

Was the Elizabethan period a ‘golden age’ of culture for Elizabethans?

Why did so many Elizabethan sailors risk long and dangerous voyages overseas?

Why did the Virginia colonies fail?

Who should survive a ‘rehang’ in the NPG – Raleigh or Drake?