The Tudor Dynasty ruled England for more than a century with many powerful leaders. Queen Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen, was the most successful and powerful of the Tudors, and also a strong female monarch. Elizabeth was born on September 7, 1533 to King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. As a child, Elizabeth lived apart from her parents at the Royal Palace of Hatfield, where she was exposed to education and politics at a young age. When she was only two years old, her mother was executed on erroneous charges of witchcraft, adultery, and incest. Throughout her childhood, her father married four more times, each marriage (except the last) ending bitterly through divorce or execution. After Henry VIII’s death in 1547, Elizabeth became third in line
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She worked to balance the religious situation of England through her long reign and neutral policies. The short reigns of her predecessors meant that England’s policies had been inconsistent, as they changed frequently with every new monarch. However, Elizabeth’s long reign supported a more stable religious environment, as the views of the Church of England were consistent. She also took a more tolerant approach to her religious policies than her predecessors; for example, she created a religious settlement ensuring that neither Protestants nor Catholics would be discriminated against by law. This religious settlement consisted of the Acts of Uniformity and Supremacy, the Book of Common Prayer, and the Thirty-Nine Articles. The Act of Uniformity of 1559 stated that Protestantism was the official faith of England, and it included the Book of Common Prayer, which outlined standards for service and worship. The Thirty-Nine Articles followed in 1563, defining the ideology of the Church (Sommerville). The clear statement from the Church delivered in these documents provided an unambiguous declaration of religious
She worked to balance the religious situation of England through her long reign and neutral policies. The short reigns of her predecessors meant that England’s policies had been inconsistent, as they changed frequently with every new monarch. However, Elizabeth’s long reign supported a more stable religious environment, as the views of the Church of England were consistent. She also took a more tolerant approach to her religious policies than her predecessors; for example, she created a religious settlement ensuring that neither Protestants nor Catholics would be discriminated against by law. This religious settlement consisted of the Acts of Uniformity and Supremacy, the Book of Common Prayer, and the Thirty-Nine Articles. The Act of Uniformity of 1559 stated that Protestantism was the official faith of England, and it included the Book of Common Prayer, which outlined standards for service and worship. The Thirty-Nine Articles followed in 1563, defining the ideology of the Church (Sommerville). The clear statement from the Church delivered in these documents provided an unambiguous declaration of religious