The Virgin Queen
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- Created on: 02-06-18 09:29
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- The Virgin Queen
- Legitimacy
- her father ha divorced his first wife to marry her mother, therefore people doubted her legitimacy.
- committed Catholics refused to acknowledge her legitimacy as the pope had not agreed with her father and his first wife's divorce.
- her father ha divorced his first wife to marry her mother, therefore people doubted her legitimacy.
- Gender and marriage
- the christian religion taught that women are inferior to men and so it was difficult for some to accept that they had a women monarch .
- considered not physically, mentally or emotionally capable of governing.
- many believed that Elizabeth should marry.
- she had no intentions of doing so.
- The previous queen Mary's rule had been very unpopular/ unsuccessful and so some people were hesitant about Elizabeth reign
- the christian religion taught that women are inferior to men and so it was difficult for some to accept that they had a women monarch .
- Character and strengths
- highly intelligent and well educated, with an eye for detail and an excellent grasp for politics
- she understood the dangerous world of court politics
- confident and charismatic, able to make great speches to win over her subjects, though she was feared for her bad temper
- Legitimacy
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