Throughout the course of her reign, Elizabeth was presented with many chances to marry various suitors, and was pressurised to do so in hopes of providing a solution to the question of succession to the English throne. Elizabeth, however, remained unmarried her whole life, despite the views of her people or her counsellors. It has been argued that she chose not to marry due to the fact that she had no desire to, however this assumption overlooks various factors surrounding Elizabeth and her reasoning behind her decision not to marry. A more convincing reason for her aversion to marriage could be that she felt none of her suitors were an ideal match for her or her country.
Interpretation C shows Hackett put forward the view that Elizabeth …show more content…
She makes the point that there was ‘increasing exasperation with her prevarications’, during the course of marriage negotiations throughout the 1560s. This can be verified when we consider that Elizabeth was presented with a formal request to marry on the second of February from a select committee of the commons, and she took almost a week to respond answerless (the first of many answers). According to Haigh, “The Queens political terms for her suitors were always too high”, corresponding with Susan Doran, who states that she was “thinking of marriage to satisfy her subjects” and that there was “little to recommend any of them”. These two claims collaborate with our own knowledge that Elizabeth would have preferred to marry someone who was a Protestant and English, as her subjects would be pleased with this match – therefore it took her time to reach decisions, and her mixed messages were a way of stalling until she did so. Further support for the interpretation can be seen from Elizabeth’s decision regarding her second parliament, which she dissolved. The sessions were dominated by questions regarding marriage and her succession. She eventually stated that she did intend to marry in due course; also saying that it would be dangerous for her to
Interpretation C shows Hackett put forward the view that Elizabeth …show more content…
She makes the point that there was ‘increasing exasperation with her prevarications’, during the course of marriage negotiations throughout the 1560s. This can be verified when we consider that Elizabeth was presented with a formal request to marry on the second of February from a select committee of the commons, and she took almost a week to respond answerless (the first of many answers). According to Haigh, “The Queens political terms for her suitors were always too high”, corresponding with Susan Doran, who states that she was “thinking of marriage to satisfy her subjects” and that there was “little to recommend any of them”. These two claims collaborate with our own knowledge that Elizabeth would have preferred to marry someone who was a Protestant and English, as her subjects would be pleased with this match – therefore it took her time to reach decisions, and her mixed messages were a way of stalling until she did so. Further support for the interpretation can be seen from Elizabeth’s decision regarding her second parliament, which she dissolved. The sessions were dominated by questions regarding marriage and her succession. She eventually stated that she did intend to marry in due course; also saying that it would be dangerous for her to