Factions in the 1590s (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards

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Factions in the 1590s
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Period when Elizabeth's trusted advisers died

1588-1591

Year Lord Burghley died

August 1598

Elizabeth's nickname for Robert Cecil

Little elf

Year Robert Cecil became secretary

1596

Cecil faction's preferred military strategy

Cautious, defensive war against Spain

Essex's personality traits

Arrogant, impulsive, easily angered

Monopoly given to Essex in 1588

Sweet wines

What Essex's spies discovered in 1593

Lopez plot to murder Elizabeth

Year factional positions polarised significantly

1595

Position Essex gained after 1597 precedence crisis

Earl Marshal

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