Elizabeth’s Relationship With Her Parliaments
Over the years, there has been much debate amongst historians
Orthodox, Revisionist and Post – Revisionist, as to whether the
relationship between Elizabeth and her parliaments was one of
“conflict and contest,” or of “cooperation and consent”. Most of the
different schools of thought agree on the facts, but disagree in their
interpretations of the relationship. In general, taking into account
all of the parliaments that took place throughout Elizabeth’s reign,
the contemporary historians believe that Elizabeth’s relationship with
her parliaments was one of “cooperation and consent.” The orthodox
historians believe that Elizabeth’s relationship with her parliaments
was one of “conflict and contest” and that it came from the puritan
choir in the House of Commons. The revisionist historians believe that
there was a relationship of “cooperation and consent”. Finally, the
Post-Revisionist historians believe that the relationship between
Elizabeth and her parliaments was one of “cooperation and consent” in
some cases, and “conflict and consent” in others. In cases where they
believed that there was conflict, they believe that it came from the
Privy Council. In order to answer the question, the different schools
of thought need to be taken into account, along with the events that
back these views up, and the relationships at the individual
parliaments need to be assessed, e.g. Religion, succession, free
speech, and the monopolies parliaments.
Firstly, take religion, which was discussed at the session in 1559. It
can be argued that at this individual...
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succession, monopolies and freedom of speech. However if the view of
“cooperation and consent is taken”, this can be applied to the
parliaments that concerned money and taxation, and in some cases to
the religious settlement, because the Queen and council got their
desired settlement. However it is better to argue that the individual
parliaments had an individual relationship with the Queen due to the
differing outcomes, amount of opposition and the outcomes of each
parliament. This is also a good argument because of the amount of
conflict, contest, cooperation and consent that occurred differed in
each parliament.
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[1] Graves. Elizabethen parliaments 1559 - 1601
[2] Elton. Parliament
[3] Graves. Elizabethen parliaments 1559 - 1601
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