Elizabeth's Character and Strengths
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- Created on: 18-05-19 15:05
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- Virgin Queen: Character and Strengths
- Well educated
- Spoke Greek, Latin, French and Italian
- Resilient
- Spent time in the tower having been accused of treason by her sister Mary I
- Facing possible execution
- Could cope with the pressures of being queen
- She could claim the Divine right with conviction
- Spent time in the tower having been accused of treason by her sister Mary I
- Confident and charasmatic
- Enabled her to win over her subjects and command support in parliament
- Excellent grasp of politics
- Used her powers of patronage (giving titles and land to supporters) effectively
- Enabled her to win over her subjects and command support in parliament
- Elizabeth liked to project that even though she was female, she was no ordinary woman
- She argued that she did not need to marry and could govern England on her own
- Presented herself as a strong, legitimate, popular monarch and a 'Virgin Queen' - married to her country
- She argued that she did not need to marry and could govern England on her own
- Well educated
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