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    Queen Elizabeth I‚ in her speech “The Speech Before the Spanish Invasion” gives the will of the English troops to fight against the invading Spaniards. Queen Elizabeth I goal is to gain trust and build morale between her and her people. Queen Elizabeth I adopts an urgent tone in order to convey the importance of this battle as she leads as the first successful female English ruler. The speech Queen Elizabeth I delivered before the Spanish Invasion in 1588 is effective in using pathos to compel her

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    nobilities status. Visitors to foreign lands could clearly distinguish nobles from peasants by their codes of dress‚ but the most notable changes and additions to sumptuary legislation occurring throughout the reign of Elizabeth I and Louis XIV. In Tudor England during Elizabeth’s I reign she enacted Statutes of Apparel where she put precise limits on how much a person could spend on goods. On 5 June 1547 she issued a public proclamation with regard to excessive spending on luxury goods in which

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    Queen Elizabeth I Queen Elizabeth I ruled England for 45 years. Her reign was called "the Golden Age". It was called that because Elizabeth shined down upon England and made England a happy‚ friendly place after Mary I’s reign ended when they were on the verge of a civil war. Her education‚ her decisions on religion‚ and the new English Drama were three reasons this was so. She was like the middle child that settled all the fights between the youngest and oldest siblings. The "Golden Age"

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    Character Elizabeth Woodville -Elizabeth meets Edward IV as he rides through her town. - Elizabeth marries Edward IV in secret three days before he goes off to battle. - Edward IV wins the battle and officially becomes King of England. -Elizabeth’s marriage to Edward is formally announced‚ angering many of Edward’s advisors. -Elizabeth has three daughters. -Elizabeth’s father and brother are taken by Warwick’s army and are beheaded. Her mother is also accused of witchcraft. -Elizabeth curses

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    dlrjsorkTmsrjrladuddjsz Elizabeth (1998) The movie‚ “Elizabeth‚” is a biographical film of Queen Elizabeth I of England produced by Tim Bevan‚ Alison Owen‚ and Eric Fellner released in year of 1998. The film was directed by Shekhar Kapur starring Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth‚ Geoffrey Rush as Sir Francis Walsingham‚ and Joseph Fiennes as Robert Dudley. This movie is the first of the series of Elizabeth with a following sequel‚ “Elizabeth: The Golden Age‚” that was released in 2007. The colorized

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    Queen Elizabeth 1

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    Elizabeth I (also known as Elizabeth the Great‚ or the "Virgin Queen") was born in 1533 into a dangerous world of political intrigue. When she was only two years old‚ her father‚ King Henry VIII killed her mother‚ Ann Boleyn‚ because she had not yet produced a male heir. Henry’s routine killing of her successive stepmothers every few years traumatized Elizabeth‚ who loved her father. Although Henry finally did father a son‚ Edward VI‚ the boy did not live long‚ dying at the age of sixteen after a

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    religious‚ and social power. However‚ this all changed when Elizabeth I became the Queen of England‚ and the Supreme Head of the Anglican Church from 1558-1603. Even with Elizabeth in charge many people including Protestant’s‚ and Catholic’s were biased‚ and unhappy about her reign. The English however‚ who were biased to the thought of a female ruler in the being‚ had grown to love and adore their new monarch. With these responses to Elizabeth being in power‚ she responds with her head high trying to

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    THE FILM " ELIZABETH" Introduction (Film Review) At about 1553 when King Henry VIII has died. His sickly son Edward VI reigns for a short while before dying so his eldest daughter‚ Mary‚ a childless Catholic‚ has ascended to the throne. Under Mary’s reign‚ Protestants‚ known as heretics‚ are being burned to death. Mary is ill and her half sister‚ Protestant Elizabeth‚ is next in line to the throne. Regardless of Mary being queen‚ she would never allow a Protestant to rule England. Although

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    When Elizabeth 1 first inherited England from her catholic half-sister it was in a depressive state. After the 44 year reign of Elizabeth it was a prosperous and powerful country; attributing to the reason the Elizabethan era has taken on the name “The Golden Age”. Elizabeth’s reign lasted until the year of her death in 1603 . In that time she had many achievements majorly in areas of religion‚ survival‚ exploration‚ expansion and thwarting rebellion and invasion. She was seen as an intelligent

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    The movie that I watched was Elizabeth: The Golden Age directed by Shekhar Kapur. In 1585‚ Catholic Spain ‚ruled by King Philip II of Spain‚ is the most powerful country in the world. Philip intrigues war viewing Protestant England as a threat to his plan to bring Europe to Roman Catholicism‚ and in vengeance for English piracy of Spanish ships. Queen Elizabeth seeks counsel from her astrologer‚ Dr. John Dee‚ who predicts that the two empires will go to war‚ although he cannot foretell which will

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