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Study Notes for GCSE History: Early Elizabethan England, 1558-1588

Last updated 15 Jul 2024

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Browse these study & revision resources covering Early Elizabethan England 1558-1588 for the Edexcel GCSE History option (B4).

Key Topic 1: Queen, Government and Religion (1558-69)

Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Elizabeth I - An Introduction

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Elizabeth's Legitimacy

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Elizabethan Family Tree

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Elizabethan Society

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Court in Elizabethan Government

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Parliament in Elizabethan Times

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Privy Council and Elizabeth I

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Lord Lieutenants

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Justices of the Peace

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): The Threat from France

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Protestants

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Catholics

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Puritans

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Religious Settlement

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Puritan Challenges to the Religious Settlement

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Key Topic 2: Challenges to Elizabeth at Home and Abroad (1569-88)

Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Revolt of the Northern Earls, 1569-70

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): The Ridolfi Plot, 1571

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): The Throckmorton Plot, 1583

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): The Babington Plot, 1586

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Earl of Essex

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Francis Walsingham

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Mary, Queen of Scots

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Spain

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Philip II

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Francis Drake

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Raid on Cadiz

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Treaty of Joinville, 1584

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Reasons for the Spanish Armada

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Battle of Gravelines, 1588

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Reasons for English Victory in the Spanish Armada

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Consequences of English Victory over Spain

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Key Topic 3: Elizabethan Society in the Age of Exploration (1558-88)

Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): The Poor in Elizabethan England

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Causes of Poverty in Elizabethan England

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Dealing with the Poor

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Vagabondage

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Walter Raleigh

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Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588): Failure in Virginia

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