How Did Elizabeth I Influence The Renaissance
Influential Women of the Renaissance:
The Strong Female Rulers The Renaissance was known as the enlightenment or rebirth of the dark aged thinking. Elizabeth I, Queen of England was a fine example of the enlightenment. One of the best known feuds between two female rulers at this time was that of Queen Elizabeth I of England and Mary, Queen of Scots. These two powerful women were cousins and ruled about the same time. Looking at how each of these rulers reigned in their own countries and the relationships between the two expresses a lot about how things were handled during the sixteenth century. Queen Elizabeth I of England was born on September 7th, 1533 in Greenwich England to her father Henry VIII and mother Queen Anne. At the point …show more content…
He had left the throne to his male heir, his ten year old son, Prince Edward.(1) This was short lived, nevertheless, for Edward died at the young age of fifteen. Still, Elizabeth wasn’t the heir, the throne was given to her half-sister Mary. Mary, whom was a devout Catholic, commanded that all of England change to the Catholic religion. Queen Mary was fearful of Elizabeth whom she thought was trying to seize the throne, and took action against Elizabeth. So, she then exposed Elizabeth for being Protestant, like she was raised, then had her arrested. Elizabeth claimed that she was innocent, but still she was sent to the Tower of London and imprisoned. It wasn’t for long, however. Elizabeth went from a captive to the Queen of England on January 15, …show more content…
Conspiracies against Elizabeth, about Mary’s supposable proposal of assassination, were eventually brought to light, and Mary was brought to trial in October of 1586. This was when Mary was undeniably sentenced to death. Elizabeth was very weary of signing off the execution, for she was fond of her younger cousin Mary. Nevertheless, on February 8, 1587, after nearly 20 years of imprisonment, Mary, Queen of Scots was executed. Before the execution, however, even before Mary sought out help in Elizabeth, it was rumored that both cousins had been exchanging letters to and from one
The Strong Female Rulers The Renaissance was known as the enlightenment or rebirth of the dark aged thinking. Elizabeth I, Queen of England was a fine example of the enlightenment. One of the best known feuds between two female rulers at this time was that of Queen Elizabeth I of England and Mary, Queen of Scots. These two powerful women were cousins and ruled about the same time. Looking at how each of these rulers reigned in their own countries and the relationships between the two expresses a lot about how things were handled during the sixteenth century. Queen Elizabeth I of England was born on September 7th, 1533 in Greenwich England to her father Henry VIII and mother Queen Anne. At the point …show more content…
He had left the throne to his male heir, his ten year old son, Prince Edward.(1) This was short lived, nevertheless, for Edward died at the young age of fifteen. Still, Elizabeth wasn’t the heir, the throne was given to her half-sister Mary. Mary, whom was a devout Catholic, commanded that all of England change to the Catholic religion. Queen Mary was fearful of Elizabeth whom she thought was trying to seize the throne, and took action against Elizabeth. So, she then exposed Elizabeth for being Protestant, like she was raised, then had her arrested. Elizabeth claimed that she was innocent, but still she was sent to the Tower of London and imprisoned. It wasn’t for long, however. Elizabeth went from a captive to the Queen of England on January 15, …show more content…
Conspiracies against Elizabeth, about Mary’s supposable proposal of assassination, were eventually brought to light, and Mary was brought to trial in October of 1586. This was when Mary was undeniably sentenced to death. Elizabeth was very weary of signing off the execution, for she was fond of her younger cousin Mary. Nevertheless, on February 8, 1587, after nearly 20 years of imprisonment, Mary, Queen of Scots was executed. Before the execution, however, even before Mary sought out help in Elizabeth, it was rumored that both cousins had been exchanging letters to and from one