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OpenStudy (anonymous):

can anyone help me i need to research Elizabeth and the beginning and end of her reign. Can anyone help me ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sure

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what? It is not multiple choice.

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

what did Elizabeth do during the beginning and end of her reign?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Elizabeth has traditionally been seen as one of England's greatest monarchs - if not in fact the greatest. Her reign witnessed widespread increase in literacy and great achievements in the arts (Shakespeare, Spenser, Marlowe, Ralegh) as well as expansion overseas (Drake, Ralegh, Frobisher) and military victory over threatened invasion. Elizabeth herself was regarded as wise and just, able to choose good advisers yet not be dominated by them and to handle recalcitrant Parliaments without despotism; a ruler supremely skilled at compromise in both the religious and political spheres. In recent years, however, interpretations of Elizabeth and her reign have been less favorable.Elizabeth is often favorably contrasted with Mary I, but Elizabeth was lucky to live so much longer than her half-sister. Elizabeth almost died from smallpox in 1562, and had she done so, civil war (between the Protestant supporters of Catherine Grey and the Catholic supporters of Mary, Queen of Scots) might well have followed. When Elizabeth nearly died from smallpox, many of her advisers thought that she should marry and produce an heir as soon as possible. In fact, although Elizabeth entered into marriage negotiations with various foreign princes and flirted with some of her own subjects, she was never to marry. Elizabeth's early years saw other problems, in particular, the wars in Scotland and France inherited from Mary. English support for the successful Scottish Protestant rebellion of 1560 led by John Knox, combined with the outbreak in 1562 of the French Wars of Religion diminished both threats. Unlike her bellicose father, Elizabeth made peace as soon as possible and tried to stay out of expensive wars; she even attempted to maintain peaceful relations with Spain (although she drew the line at marrying Philip as he proposed). Elizabeth adopted a moderate religious policy. The Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity (1559), the Prayer Book of 1559, and the Thirty-Nine Articles (1563) were all Protestant in doctrine, but preserved many traditionally Catholic ceremonies. Moreover, Elizabeth did not persecute Catholics - the penalties for recusancy were mild and often not enforced.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

faculty.history.wisc.edu/sommerville/361/361-14.htm

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