1. politics
1.1. political issues
1.1.1. religion
1.1.1.1. act of uniformity of common prayers
1.1.2. relationship with other nations
1.1.2.1. Netherlad under England's protecton
1.1.2.2. Anglo-Spanish war
1.2. reign of Elizabeth I
1.2.1. government was viewed as the monarch's private business
1.2.2. Shakespeare began his career
1.2.3. administrative structure was highly centralized
1.2.4. controlled parliament effectively
1.3. James I (King 1809)
1.3.1. roped to unify Engand and Scotland
1.3.2. wean leadership
1.3.3. strong taste for political absolutism
1.4. monarchy
1.4.1. monarch made all ultimate decisions
1.4.2. gave persons of higher ranks complete power over those of lower ranks
2. economy
2.1. most important econmies
2.1.1. cloth making industry
2.1.2. mining of tin
2.1.3. lead and coal
2.1.4. construction industry
2.2. growing population
2.2.1. increased demand for food
2.2.1.1. prices went up
2.3. new agricultural techniques
2.3.1. water meadows
2.3.2. fertilisers
3. relgion
3.1. reigning monarch dictated religion
3.1.1. everybody had to follow
3.2. Protestant religion
3.2.1. Elizabeth I
3.2.1.1. tollerted Catholics
3.2.2. Martin Luther
3.2.3. only God could forgive sins
3.3. Catholic religion
3.3.1. Mary I
3.3.1.1. killed Protestnats
3.3.1.1.1. Bloody Mary
3.3.2. Mary Queen of Scots
3.3.3. pope and prist could forgive sins if you gave the church gifts
4. society
4.1. peasentry
4.1.1. chose not to make that leap into gentility
4.1.2. farmer
4.1.3. lived in the country
4.2. woman
4.2.1. ruled house
4.2.2. equal
4.2.3. customary rights
4.3. nobility
4.3.1. top of every community
4.3.2. could only beheaded
4.3.3. had to be born into it
4.4. gentry
4.4.1. sherrif or surveyor of the roads
4.4.2. elite of countryside
4.4.3. did no mamial labour
4.4.4. power argumented by government