- She excelled at languages and music - Elizabeth loved music and played the Lute - She also enjoyed dancing and watching plays - The arts flourished during Elizabeth’s time with the creation of works by Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe - Writers paid tribute to the queen in many literary forms - Edmund Spenser based the character Gloriana in the Faerie Queen on Elizabeth - Artists honoured her by painting her portrait - she was an early fashionista in many ways - She loved beautiful
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time‚ Queen Elizabeth was a great ruler. She was one of the most successful famous monarchs. “Elizabeth was an immensely popular Queen‚ and her popularity has waned little with the passing of four hundred years”. (“QUEEN ELIZABETH I BIOGRAPHY: Part 1.") Growing up was not easy for Queen Elizabeth at all but she overpowered it. Queen Elizabeth lost her mother at two years old however‚ she still became a successful ruler‚ a great leader‚ admired by many and great with arts. Queen Elizabeth was the
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21st March Explain the impact of Queen Elizabeth’s reign on Britain. 1. Outline the contributions Elizabeth made to Britain 2. Highlight the impact of these contributions 3. Summarise the legacy of Elizabeth I Queen Elizabeth I was a very independent and contentious woman in British society who revolutionized Britain’s past which is also referred to as the Golden age or the Elizabethan era. Queen Elizabeth I was born on the 7th September 1533 and was crowned Queen of England in 1558. She reigned over
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Life of Catherine the Great What would be your thoughts‚ at fourteen years old‚ if you discovered that everyone was pressuring you to marry an unaffectionate‚ immature prince? Princess Sophia Augusta Fredericka was put into this situation when Empress Elizabeth of Russia sent for her to become the bride of her nephew and heir‚ Peter III. Sophia took a strong dislike in her husband and therefore helped to remove him from the throne. She then took charge as the Queen of Russia‚ and changed her
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Many absolute rulers have been terrible throughout the history of Europe. Absolutism‚ a pattern of failure. Peter the Great and Catherine the Great had many improvements in Russia such as inviting the west. Absolutism is a government in which the ruler has total control over politics and the military. Peter and Catherine are examples of absolutism in Russia. Wars in Russia allowed people in Europe to get ports along the Black Sea‚ but the war was expensive. Absolutism has a wide history‚ but there
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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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faced following its Mongolian rule--Peter the Great and Catherine the Great. These two rulers did precisely what was required for them to do for Russia to accelerate and become a nation able to boast its power. Like many other rulers who rule with an iron fist‚ Czar Peter I was not someone one would label amiable or even simply cold to others--he was cruel. He was a tall man who possessed a fiery temper‚ which he did not attempt to suppress. Peter I was cruel and ruthless to the point where he locked
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The past cannot be cured” - Elizabethan I. Elizabethan I also known as Queen Elizabeth‚ was one of the greatest monarchs in European History. She achieved lots and even called her Era the “Elizabethan Era”. She ruled with no husband or kids and did well. She proved that she could do it by herself. She didn’t surround herself with the wrong people and even though she had a rough life because of all the deaths‚ she still ruled like a Queen. Elizabethan was born September 7‚ 1533. At an Early age Elizabethans
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Queen Elizabeth II: Defender of the Faith Historical Research and Writing As one of the most influential people that I know‚ Queen Elizabeth II has deeply affected both history and my personal life. She was born at 2:40 am on April 21st‚ 1926 at 17 Bruton Street in Mayfair‚ London. As the first child of The Duke and Duchess of York‚ it was still unlikely Queen Elizabeth II would have ever become who she is today. For at the time she stood third in line of succession to the throne after King
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Queen Elizabeth the second was born April 21‚ 1926 in London‚ England as Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary. Her father‚ Prince Albert‚ later known as King George VI‚ was the son of King George V and Queen Mary. She was third in line for the throne‚ after her uncle‚ King Edward VIII‚ and father. After Elizabeth’s grandfather died and her uncle gave up the throne to marry American Wallis Simpson‚ her father became King leaving her next in line for the throne. In her younger years before (and after)
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