Assess the validity of this view A definition of faction Key points from article Explanationdefinition of faction varies A group of people who seek objectives that are primarily personal Must include a struggle for economic rewards ID: 708004
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Faction
Throughout her reign, Elizabeth 1 controlled her ministers with masterly political skillAssess the validity of this viewSlide2
A definition of factionSlide3
Key points from article
Explanation/definition of faction varies:-A group of people who seek objectives that are primarily personalMust include a struggle for economic rewardsA political group whose members are bound to a leader by personal informal ties and vie for power with other groupsSlide4
Traditional - Neale
Leicester held sway – puritan faction,- vast amount of patronage, Cecil and Leicester –competition at court ceaseless. Did not harm Elizabeth until 1590s
“court factions were essential to the well being of the government systemSlide5
Revisionist -Haigh
faction as feudingLesser men trying to gain power around Burghley and LeicesterElizabeth unable to control Threatened control in rivalry between Norfolk and Leicester in 1565-6
Threat to stability but Elizabeth able to assert her authoritySlide6
Post Revisionist - Adams
Elizabeth able to control factionLeading figures worked closely together but tensions – squabbles over policyCourt settled and peacefulSlide7
Post revisionist – Guy and Alford
Council relatively unifiedElizabeth as a womanCecil manipulates Elizabeth – religious settlement hisSlide8
Post revisionist - Doran
Elizabeth more assertiveRarely overruled by Council;Used variety of techniquesSlide9
But – The Last Decade
All agree court became a battleground for factional struggleEssex and Robert Cecil