Elizabeth I: The Virgin Queen

Elizabeth I: The Virgin Queen

A Reign of Power and Intrigue

Ascension to the Throne

Conclusion

Legacy

Queen of England

Lasting Impression

Influence and Enduring Image

- Her entry into London and the great coronation procession that followed were masterpieces of political courtship

- Elizabeth's smallest gestures were inspected for signs of policies and tone of the new regime

- The queen began at once to form her government and issue proclamations

- She reduced the size of the Privy Coucil, in part to purge some of its Catholic membersan in part to make it more efficient as an advisory body

- She carefully balanced the need for aubstantias administrative and judicial continuity with the desire for change

- She assembled acre of experienced and trustworthy advisors

- Elizabeth made it immediately clear that she intended to rulein more than name only and that she wouldn't not lower her judgement to thaof anyone indvidual or fraction

Elizabet the first dien March 24, 1603 at the age of 69 after a reign of 45 years. Many now believe she died of blood poisoning, but a post-morte at the time wasn't permitted. James Vl succeeded to the Engish throne on the death of his cousin Elizabeth the first with no direct heirs.

Elizabeth was one of the greatest queens england has ever had. She did so much for her kingdom to make sure everyone was created equal. Her 45-year reign is generally considered one of the mrious in English history. During it a secure Church of England was established. Its doctrinesere laid down in the 39 Articles of 1563, a compromise between Roman Catholicism an Protestantism.

Personal Life

Golden Era

Early Life

Romance and Intrigue

Her accomplishments

Childhood

Elizabeth's legacy continues to inspire leadership, resilience, and the pursuit of excellence in modern times.

- Elizabeth didn't wanna marry a man or have a husband (didn't want one)

- Elizabeth had to improvise a new model, one tat would overcom the considerable cultural liability of her sex

- If she had chosen a foreign prince, he would have drawn England into foreign policies for his own advantages

- Marrying a fello countryman could have drawn the Queen into factional infighting

- She skillfully played one offagainst another and kept the maffiage negotiations going for a longtime

- Elizabeth's resistnce to marriage herself semmee to desire may have been politically motivated

- She has been called an outstanding politician, orator, tactician and musician

- Elizabeth’s reign was marked by her effective use of Parliament and the Privy Council (a small advisory body of the important state officials) and by the development of legal institutions in English in English countries

- Unified a Protestant England against the Catholic Spanish and defeated the Spanish armada in 1588

- Responsible for English exploration of the New World and the flourishing of the economy

- Making England a world power

- English Renaissance (an outpouring of poetry and drama), encouraged and funded expansion abroad, calmed the tensions between Protestants and Catholics through the Elizabeth Religious Settlement, and fostered a gradual acceptance of the Protestant Reformation that had begun during the Renaissance

- Elizabeth’s court also became a center for poets, musicians, writers, and scholars

- She was born at Greewich Palace, the daughter of Tudor King Henry Vll and his second wife Anne Boleyn

- Before Elizabeth reached her third birthday, her father had her mother beheaded on charges of adultery and treason

- Henry's invalid from the beginning, thus making their daughter Elizabeth illegitimate

- Elizabeth received the rigorous education normally reserved for male heis, consisting of a couce of studies centering onclassical languages, history, rhetoric, and moral philosophy

- In addition to Greek and Latin, she became fluent in French and Italian

- Observers noted the young priness's fascination more with languages tha with religious teachings