The Reign Of Elizabeth I: What where the Strengths and Weaknesses of Elizabeths reign?

Sunday 5 April 2009

What where the Strengths and Weaknesses of Elizabeths reign?

Strengths
- Becoming Queen at 23
- Unmarried
- Experienced Councillors
e.g William Cecil

Weaknesses

- Pope did not recognise the marriage of her parents.
- Unmarried
- Need for continuity in government
- Female
- New and politically inexperienced
- Privy Council required
- Need for Foreign alliances

8 comments:

Anonymous7 October 2011 at 16:54
-most of these facts are incorrect or incomplete...

1. She became queen at 25 not 23, and that wasn't on her own accord so it should not be listed as a strength. It was because of the rights of secession.
2. pope not recognizing the marriage of her parents was actually a strength, because it established the monarch of england as the head of the church of england, they no longer paid as many taxes to the pope and overall it strengthened the monarchy
3. Unmarried (you have this on both lists....)
4. Female- not at all a weakness, she did an amazing job as a queen, far better than her father with terrible inferiority complex
5. privy council always required for all regents

*** kids... dont use this as a source! its all incorrect!
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Unknown6 January 2014 at 10:25
all aload of poo
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Unknown29 January 2018 at 16:00
^^
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Unknown22 June 2018 at 03:50
my g
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Elizabeth and Religion

Although Elizabeth was the first monarch to make a settlement between Catholicism and Protestantism, she mainly followed the theology of Protestantism. This was a slight problem due to the fact that both religions deemed her technically illegitimate due to her father breaking with the church to marry her mother, Anne Boleyn. In 1559 the new Act of Supremacy became law and all public officials were to swear an oath of loyalty to the monarch or risk disqualification from office. The heresy laws were also repealed to avoid a repeat of the persecution of dissenter practiced by Mary.

The Question of Marriage

Throughout her reign, there were many questions surrounding the issue of marriage, yet she never married and the reasons for this are unclear. There is speculation that Thomas Seymour had put her off relationships or that she knew she was infertile, yet until bearing a child became impossible she had considered several suitors. Elizabeth considered marrying as a risk of losing control aswell as foreign interference in her affairs (similar to what had happened to her sister Mary). There have also been great rumours surrounding the relationship between Elizabeth and Robert Dudley, her childhood friend. When his wife was found dead under ambiguous circumstances in 1560, a great scandal arose and Elizabeth seriously considered marrying Dudley, though they later remained friends.

Problems with Scotland

Her first policy was to oppose the French presence, which she believed would invade England and place Mary Queen of Scots on the throne (as many considered her to be the true heir to the crown). Elizabeth was persuaded to send in a force to aid the Protestant Rebels, and the Treaty of Edinburgh in 1560 later removed the French Threat in the North. After a defeat in 1568 Mary Queen of Scots fled across the border into England, where she would later be imprisoned for the next nineteen years. In 1569 the Northern Earls rebellion began, where they spoke of freeing Mary and putting her on the throne (see Rebellions page). At first Elizabeth refused to kill Mary, but by late 1586 she had been persuaded and Mary was executed on 8th February 1587 in Northampton.

The Reign Of Elizabeth I

Sunday 5 April 2009

What where the Strengths and Weaknesses of Elizabeths reign?

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