Queen Elizabeth 1 Dbq

At the time of Elizabeth 1 reign she was deeply influenced by the stereotypes of women. Elizabeth worked hard to avoid the mistakes made by some of her female precursors. Some commonly spoken beliefs or ideas were that women were incapable of being rulers of any kind due to the fact that they were weak and by nature, subservient. Elizabeth 1 responded to these thoughts by keeping her head held high while striving to be a fair and loyal ruler. Three main ideas or areas that were discussed where women should or shouldn't be in charge, where women should not hold a political office, be a religious figure, and women's duty to marry a king and to preform the act of succession. John Knox is one of the thinkers of this time that believes that women should not go into office. " To promote a women to bear rule, superiority, dominion, or empire above any Realm, Nation, or City, is just against all nature.." John Knox believed that not only God but also the Holy Ghost said that is was forbidden for a women to occupy any political or religious office. Unlike John Knox's ideas, in document 3, the
"A women in the degrees of Christ's church is not called to be an apostle, nor evangelist, nor a doctor,...therefore her Highness cannot be supreme head of Christ's militant church, nor yet of any." Heath says that woman are not called to be apart of the leadership in the church, it is not of Christ's will. In document 7 Edward Rishton, a Roman Catholic priest, is furious because Elizabeth 1 is being praised more on her birthday which so happens to fall on the Eve of a scared Catholic Holiday. Williams Took ear describes how often he sees his magesty, Queen Elizabeth, on her knees in prayer. He talks about how often he sees his queen giving back to society. In his eye she's perfectly fit to be a religious