The Reign and Life of Queen Elizabeth I
Politics, Culture, and Society
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Margaret of Anjou: Passionate Mother
Margaret of Anjou, who married Henry VI of England when she was fifteen years old, was the mother of one son. Edward became the most important factor of Margaret’s life. Margaret became a powerful woman who he...
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The Coronation
The coronation for Queen Elizabeth occurred on January 15, 1559. It was difficult to find a bishop, since all of them were Catholic, who was willing to crown a Protestant queen, but Owen Oglethorpe, Bishop of ...
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Elizabeth’s Parliaments
In the Tudor period, most serious policy decisions were made by the monarch with the advice of key members of the Privy Council. But some important issues had to be ratified by Parliament, as it began to gain ...
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Dreaming Elizabeth
In the sixteenth century many people took their dreams seriously. We know of several dreams that Elizabeth had that she mentioned. We also know about dreams that others had about Elizabeth both in England and ...
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Introduction: Elizabeth I
After a very brief discussion of all the themes of the books, the introduction provides a biography of Elizabeth beginning with her birth in September 1533. Less than three years later her father had her mothe...
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The Archbishops of Canterbury
When Elizabeth became queen the Catholicism and obedience to the pope that had been restored under Mary was again swept away. To establish the Anglican Church under Elizabeth the position of the Archbishop of ...
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The Spanish Armada
From the beginning of Elizabeth’s reign there were tensions between England and Spain due to conflicts between Protestants and Catholics. The slave trading of John Hawkins and Francis Drake led to conflicts wi...
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Mirrors
In Tudor times mirrors were important in actuality and as metaphor, especially in relation to Queen Elizabeth. There have been many stories told and retold about Elizabeth’s hatred of mirrors in the later year...
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Women Friends of Queen Elizabeth
When many people think about Queen Elizabeth and her relationships with others they think about her relationships with the men at her court. But she was also close to some women, and these relationships were c...
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Elizabeth’s Pleasures
Being queen was hard work and there were many tensions and difficulties. But there were a number of activities that also gave Elizabeth great pleasure. Some were more private, while others very public, some mo...
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Courtships and Favorites
When Elizabeth became queen there was great pressure on her to marry, so there would be a king to help with the hardships of rule and a son to eventually restore a masculine succession. Elizabeth had many suit...
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Ambassadors at Elizabeth’s Court
In the sixteenth century many people took their dreams seriously. We know of several dreams that Elizabeth had that she mentioned. We also know about dreams that others had about Elizabeth both in England and ...
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Elizabeth’s England and Others
We might assume that Elizabeth’s England was mostly homogeneous, but in fact the country and the court were fairly heterogeneous. During Elizabeth’s reign, London became increasingly cosmopolitan, and the arri...
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Slander Gossip Rumors
From the time she was a young girl, Elizabeth had to deal with slander, gossip, and rumors, most of them dealing with her sexual behavior, and this only intensified once she became queen. Rumors about the youn...
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The Privy Council
The Privy Council provided support and advice for the monarch, and the queen appointed the members. There were twenty-four members at any given time, and it met at least weekly. The meetings were run by the Pr...
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Potential Heirs to Elizabeth’s Throne
When Elizabeth became queen, the great hope was that she would marry and have sons of her own. But until she did, there was great pressure on her to name an heir, which Elizabeth refused to do. There was a ran...
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Assassination Attempts, Plots, and Rebellions
Though Elizabeth was a well-beloved queen, there were also throughout her reign many plots to assassinate her. While there were plots against the queen from the beginning of her reign, they became far more fre...
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Boudicca and Elizabeth Rally Their Troops: “Two Queens Both Alike in Dignity”
Fifteen hundred years separated them, but two British queens, both known for their long brightly colored hair, encouraged their troops against foreign invaders, with what was reported to be stirring rhetoric. ...
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“How fair, how beautiful and great a prince”: Royal Children in the Tudor Chronicles
When considering the Tudor dynasty and how it was depicted in sixteenth and early seventeenth-century chronicles, one the most compelling issues is that of succession. Carole Levin and Andrea Nichols consider ...
