Directed by David Cressy
and Lori Anne Ferrell.
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A Summer 2003 NEH Institute. Directed by David Cressy and Lori Anne Ferrell. |
Parliament  Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677). Civitatis Westmonasteriensis Pars, 1647. • Succession in Elizabethan Parliamentary Culture
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An Acte whereby certayne offences be made treason, 1571. Study Questions This document is an act produced of the thirteenth year of Elizabeth's reign. What is this act stating? How does the document demonstrate Elizabeth's desires during the succession crisis? Do you think this act is an accurate representation of the issues concerning the question of succession by the early 1570s? Do you think that Hales would have approved of this act? What does this act tell you about the idea of free speech? From reading it, do you think that the English people had a voice in Elizabethan politics? If so, who would have that voice? How is this document representative of the tensions that had erupted between Crown and Parliament during the first thirteen years of Elizabeth's reign? What is the role of the current problems with regard to Mary Stuart's imprisonment in England? Do you think that those tensions and problems were likely to disappear with the passage of this act? | |||
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