Anne Boleyn

Agree or die. This is the way that the rulers of England in the 1500s controlled their subjects. A time of political turmoil heralded many different opinions on the way the monarchs were exerting their power. However, no one could freely express their anger with the leadership in fear of being ousted as a traitor and in consequence, executed. During the 1500’s, one of the main issues was with the changes in religious values. King Henry VIII wanted to adopt Protestantism instead of practicing…

problems related with religion before she had even born. Henry VIII dissociated himself from the Roman Catholic Church and the Pope Clement VII when he divorced Catherine of Aragon to marry Elizabeth's mother, Anne Boleyn. When Elizabeth was a child, she was raised Protestant as her mother Anne Boleyn. However, as Anna Keaton says, Elizabeth always followed “the religious requirement of the country regardless of whether they were Catholic or Protestant.” (Citar) During her brother’s reign, she…

“Well-behaved women seldom make history.”- Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History. A few women who change history are Cleopatra, Queen Elizabeth I, Susan B Anthony, and Michelle Obama. Without these women our society might not be the way it is now. Here’s the story about four brave women who changed history not only with their appearances, but with their actions. Cleopatra was born in 69 B.C. She became the queen of Egypt in 51 B.C. when she was only 18 years old.…

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,…

nor was it easy. After Henry had married his late brother’s widow and was unable to produce a male heir , the question of succession arose and took a higher precedence in his life, so much so to the point of trying to divorce his wife and marry Anne Boleyn . The reason behind Henry’s obsession with having a male heir stems back to “the one precedent for female rule, the brief “reign” of Matilda (lived 1102-67) in 1141, was universally agreed to have been an unhappy one” . Resulting in a…

As a female ruler and Tudor monarch, Elizabeth I had to prove herself worthy of her throne throughout her entire reign. She inherited from her predecessors a kingdom divided over religious matters, and she had to impose Protestantism as the kingdom 's official religion.1 Her failure to marry and the uncertainty of her succession proved to be additional challenges to her reign.2 Under such circumstances, she had to carefully construct her royal image, to ensure her subjects ' loyalty. As the…

Edward VI and Mary I’s brief reigns combined with their lack of understanding on the impact of powerful visual imagery created a void in distinctive royal portraiture beginning from the time of their father’s passing. Henry VIII was portrayed as a fearless Warrior King and to much of the public was seen as such. This level of engrained iconography would not be present again until the reign of Henry VIII’s second wife’s daughter, Elizabeth I. When Queen Elizabeth I ascended the throne, she was…

also represents the darker situation from Queen Elizabeth’s past: Queen Elizabeth’s rivalry with her catholic cousin Queen Mary. Many Catholics thought of Queen Elizabeth as illegitimate. Catholics thought the marriage between King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth’s parents, as null and void because of King Henry’s divorce from Catherine of Aragon and a falling out with the pope. The Catholics believed Queen Mary of Scots, not to be confused with Elizabeth’s half-sister “Bloody Mary,” was…

Queen Elizabeth I was born on September 7, 1533 in Greenwich, England. She was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, his second wife. Elizabeth lost her mother at age 2, due to false charges against her and impulsive actions taken by the king. Her half-sister Mary and Elizabeth were illegitimate because Henry VIII wanted a son. Later on they both were reinstated to take the throne after Edward was born. She wasn’t in much of her father 's life, and after Henry VIII died she was sent to…

Queen Elizabeth I: Goddess of War “I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too…” (“Speech to the Troops at Tilbury” ln. 11-12). In her speech, “Speech to the Troops at Tilbury”, Queen Elizabeth I demonstrated her strength, devotion and ability to rally. Even after describing herself as a “weak and feeble woman” she continued to speak and inspire the people of her country to fight. Queen Elizabeth I’s speech…