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The guide covers legitimacy, gender and succession, finances, foreign alliances, religious settlement, the Puritan challenge, and Catholic resistance through recusancy and the Papal Bull. It also summarizes the Dutch Revolt, clashes with Spain, and the Spanish Armada, alongside domestic events and government workings.","GCSE History Elizabethan Age, 1558-1603  \nRevision guide  \nName:  \nKey People  \n\n| Queen Elizabeth I | Queen of England |\n| --- | --- |\n| King Philip II | King of Spain |\n| Pope Pius V | Head of the Catholic Church |\n| Mary, Queen of Scots | Queen of Scotland and Elizabeth’s cousin |\n| Mary of Guise | Mary, Queen of Scots mother |\n| Sir William Cecil | Elizabeth’s Secretary of State |\n| Sir Francis Walsingham | Elizabeth’s 2nd Secretary of State & Spymaster |\n| Sir Francis Drake | Privateer (pirate) and worked for Elizabeth |\n| Sir Walter Raleigh | In charge of colonising the New World |\n| The Duke of Alba | Spanish Duke who crushed the Dutch Revolt |\n| The Duke of Parma | Spanish Duke stationed in the Netherlands and involved in the Spanish Armada |\n| The Duke of MedinaSidonia | Spanish Duke who led the Spanish Armada |\n| Thomas Percy | Catholic Earl of Northumberland who was one of the Northern Earls who revolted |\n| Charles Neville | Catholic Earl of Westmorland who was oneof the Northern Earls who revolted |\n| Thomas Howard | Protestant Northern Earl who revolted and was supposed to marry Mary, Queen of Scots |\n| Roberto Ridolfi | One of the main people in the Ridolfi Plot to remove Elizabeth and replace with Mary |\n| Francis Throckmorton | One of the main people in the Throckmorton Plot to remove Elizabeth and replace with Mary |\n| Anthony Babington | One of the main people in the Babington Plot to remove Elizabeth and replace with Mary |\n| Duke of Alencon | French heir to the throne who helps\u003Cbr>Elizabeth in the Netherlands  1  |\n\n1558 onwards: Legitimacy 1558 onwards: Gender and heir 1558 onwards: finances  \n1558 onwards: French alliance with Scotland (Auld Alliance)and Mary Queen of Scots link to France (Half French and married to  \nKing of France) 1559: Calais returned to France 1559: Religious settlement  \n1560s: Puritan Challenge  \n1560s: Recusants fail to attend the new church. 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