Elizabeth I of England

longer sentences and complex language. Elizabeth I delivered a speech…

Loving People Words are a God-given gift to mankind, able to create beauty from nothingness with a single word, able to inspire million, with no fantastic display necessary. Words can carry legacies throughout the ages, as they have for Queen Elizabeth I, whom delivered a key speech to her soldiers during a Spanish invasion. Within the speech lies a careful combination of proper phrasing, organization, and imagery, all of which the Queen uses to ignite a fire in her troops' hearts. In order…

Moors struggled to find harmony in Shakespeare’s time in Venice, England, and throughout Europe. Othello, the Moor, plays the Other in Shakespeare’s play Othello. The Other is an interesting character that is seen throughout Shakespeare’s plays including Shylock in The Merchant of Venice and Caliban in The Tempest. The Other is usually an outsider, someone who can be mocked, abused, or condemned. Little says, “But, as Othello’s countrymen will finally have it, no amount of rhyming or coupling…

This video explained everything very well and I like how they showed everything going on. In 1588 Spain was the largest super power on Earth. They assembled this super power to conquer England. Phillip the 2nd was the king of Spain, people in Spain were catholic and the job for every Catholic is to make sure Queen Elizabeth was killed. One of the biggest problems between Spain and England was religion but was not the only issue between the two. Phillip had to choose the leader of the Armada and…

Over 400 years ago, during the times of the Elizabethan Era, lived the greatest dramatist in the English Language. His great works of playwright and inspiring words of poetry made him one of the most widely known authors in England. William Shakespeare was a man of great talent writing 38 plays and 154 sonnets in his lifetime. He was born on April 23rd in the year of 1564 in Stratford-Upon-Avon and died 52 years later on the same date. Before he decided to spend the rest of his life writing,…

English Parliament worked hand in hand. After Queen Elizabeth I’s death in 1603, the Tudor line was over, and the English crown was handed to the Stuarts. The first Stuart monarch, James I, started the conflict between his soon to be dynasty and Parliament. The Stuart family had a tumultuous relationship with Parliament during the 17th century due to the lack of dutiful rulers like James I and Charles I, with the exception of Charles II. James I was an Episcopalian king who believed in the…

There is reason to believe that William Shakespeare, possibly the greatest writer in the English language, could be a fraud. Even though his name is signed on the collection of works, researchers and analysts have gathered information over the years that opens our eyes to the facts that he was simply unqualified to be the author of this extensive collection of literature. Many have found that Francis Bacon is a much better candidate to claim authorship of these works. Not only did he have…

influence to his country, still managed to be remembered for his well deserved actions in France during his reign. Henry Tudor was born on June 28, 1491 at the Greenwich Place which is located in London, England (“Henry VIII Biography” 1). Henry VIII is the son of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth York (“Henry VIII Biography” 1). As a young prince Henry VIII loved to do thing that normal boys these days would do like playing instruments, drawing, writing, hunting, and playing sports. Henry was…

the nations of England and Scotland became united under one monarch: with the accession of James VI of Scotland to the throne of England after Queen Elizabeth I’s death with no Tudor heir, in the same year. Until this year, the separate kingdoms had completely separate governments. This meant that they experienced a phenomenon sweeping Europe throughout the sixteenth century; the Protestant Reformation, in different ways. When exploring the historiography of the reformations in England and…

Protestants in secret. During this time the English had begun to help Dutch Protestants and this maddened King Philip II. In 1587 Elizabeth I had Mary, Queen of Scots, executed; Mary was a Catholic who had said if she became the ruler of England it would become a Catholic nation. All of these events led to King Philip II gathering 127 ships and 27,000 men to invade England. The Spanish Armada had been considered invincible, but everything that could go wrong for Spain did. Spain’s original naval…