“She inherited a bankrupt nation, torn by religious separation, and a weakened bond between of France and Spain.”
The people of the time told her that her only hope of success as queen was to marry quickly and then rely on her husband for support.
Her father Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon had a daughter named Mary.
Then Henry went against the pope and disobeyed the catholic church to get a divorce with Catherine
When Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn were expecting a child the king really hoped that Anne Boleyn would give birth to the male so he could be the heir to the throne which was considered the key to stable dynastic succession.
“There for the birth of another daughter was a bitter disappointment to Henry VII and that dangerously weakened the new …show more content…
In 1537 Henry’s third wife Jane Seymour gave birth to a son named Edward, which took even more attention away from Elizabeth and pushed Elizabeth’s chances at ruling even further away by making her third in line for throne.
Once Edward got older Elizabeth spent a lot of time with him and loved all the attention she was getting from her stepmom (henry’s 6th and final wife) Catherine Parr
She received the same education that was normally only taught to male royalty. Some of the courses were classical languages, history, rhetoric, and moral. Her tutor Roger Ascham said “Her mind has no womanly weakness” and with the common sexist thoughts of the time he also said “Her persistence is equal to that of a man, and her memory long keeps what it quickly picks up.”
Besides Greek and Latin Elizabeth also became fluent in French and Italian. Not only did learning these new languages help her feel like she had finally succeeded in something but it greatly helped her in later years in the conduct of diplomacy.
During her studies she took an interest in reformation which is very important because it “ shaped the future course of the
The people of the time told her that her only hope of success as queen was to marry quickly and then rely on her husband for support.
Her father Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon had a daughter named Mary.
Then Henry went against the pope and disobeyed the catholic church to get a divorce with Catherine
When Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn were expecting a child the king really hoped that Anne Boleyn would give birth to the male so he could be the heir to the throne which was considered the key to stable dynastic succession.
“There for the birth of another daughter was a bitter disappointment to Henry VII and that dangerously weakened the new …show more content…
In 1537 Henry’s third wife Jane Seymour gave birth to a son named Edward, which took even more attention away from Elizabeth and pushed Elizabeth’s chances at ruling even further away by making her third in line for throne.
Once Edward got older Elizabeth spent a lot of time with him and loved all the attention she was getting from her stepmom (henry’s 6th and final wife) Catherine Parr
She received the same education that was normally only taught to male royalty. Some of the courses were classical languages, history, rhetoric, and moral. Her tutor Roger Ascham said “Her mind has no womanly weakness” and with the common sexist thoughts of the time he also said “Her persistence is equal to that of a man, and her memory long keeps what it quickly picks up.”
Besides Greek and Latin Elizabeth also became fluent in French and Italian. Not only did learning these new languages help her feel like she had finally succeeded in something but it greatly helped her in later years in the conduct of diplomacy.
During her studies she took an interest in reformation which is very important because it “ shaped the future course of the