Elizabeth I of England

Name: Instructor: Course: Date: King Lear: Quarto vs. Folio During the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras, conventions had it that the senior remaining character speaks the last speech. This final speech marked the assumption into power of this character. In King Lear, we expect Albany to carry the day at the end of the play and ascend into power because he is husband to the eldest daughter of the king. But astonishingly, he is reluctant and suggests Edgar and Kent to share power. This is probably as…

Queen Elizabeth the first was known as the “Virgin Queen”, never to marry. She ruled as England’s monarch for half a century alone (Hanson 1). Beloved by many she was known to be a very influential queen. Though Elizabeth was illegitimate, she managed to leave a mark on England's history as a powerful queen, who overcame trials such as the Queen of Scots and the pressure she received from the church to marry. Greenwich Palace was Elizabeth's birthplace, her father was Henry VII and her mother…

My main focus of this research project was to find any clues leading to how King James IV/I influenced the Elizabethan Era. I have fully concluded that the young king made quite a large impact on those who lived during these times, all with his mighty intelligence. According to a website named Scotland's Mary, he was crowned king at thirteen months. This was due to his mother being forced to abdicate and his father being murdered. (A Short History of James VI of Scotland). The young child was…

project the despair of the common people of England under the rule of Richard II. The first…

Saint Quiteria Saint Quiteria was born in the 5th century in northern Portugal. There are different stories about her life. Both stories are very different from the other. Both stories tell about how Saint Quiteria survived hardship to fight for her Christian beliefs. One story tells about how she was killed and rose again. The other story tells about how she fought for Christianity. One story about Saint Quiteria says that she was the daughter of a prince in Portugal. When she was old…

the health of Mary got worse and by November 1558 it was acknowledged that the Queen would die soon. She did not want to be succeeded by Elizabeth, but the Council petitioned her to accepted Elizabeth as her heir and on November 6, Mary accepted it. On November 17, 1558, Mary died at the age of forty-two. (Whitelock n.p.) According to Anna Whitelock, Elizabeth was proclaimed Queen just six hours after Mary’s death. (Whitelock n.p.) With the death of Mary Tudor, Philip lost his rights over the…

Throughout the world, as well as history, there have been cases of gender oppression and gender equality conflicts. Despite the opposing opinions on Queen Elizabeth I's reign in England, she managed to endure the negativity by responding with affection and sacrifice for the Kingdom of England because she was a politique. People believed Elizabeth I couldn't rule because religion caused them to have bias towards male rulers only. Some people were supportive of her because she didn't have absolute…

between the death of Henry VIII and the excommunication of Elizabeth by the papacy was one consumed by the debate of what the Church of England should looks like. Edward VI was a Protestant,and he made strides to define the Church of England as a Protestant church, instead of leaving the church as mostly Catholic in practice like his father had. Mary I, on the other hand, tried to revert England back to Catholicism. And finally, Elizabeth I started her reign by being diplomatic, careful not to…

The complexity of legal rights for women living in England begins with the rise of Queen Mary I in 1553, and continues to Margaret Thatcher’s years in office as England’s first female Prime Minister in 1979, which was a huge success. People inhabited in England during the early 16th century had been under the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church for generations. Women during this period were seen with little to no importance. King Henry VIII and his first wife Katherine of Aragon…

1550s that resulted from the fierce rivalry between King Henry III’s daughters, Elizabeth and Mary Tudor. It followed both women through the eyes of the psychic “holy fool”, Hannah “Green”, as they battled over the English throne. The aging, unappealing Mary Tudor was nearly the exact reverse of her youthful and lively younger sister. While Mary sought to stomp out all Protestants and return England to Catholicism, Elizabeth only wanted to end the mass murder her sister brought upon their…