[107] The papal bull provoked legislative initiatives against Catholics by Parliament, which were, however, mitigated by Elizabeth's intervention. [52], Elizabeth's foreign policy was largely defensive. It was a drive against Roman Catholic beliefs and practices. [105] At first, Elizabeth resisted calls for Mary's death. The English fleet suffered a catastrophic defeat with 11,000–15,000 killed, wounded or died of disease[137][138][139] and 40 ships sunk or captured. By late 1586, she had been persuaded to sanction her trial and execution on the evidence of letters written during the Babington Plot. The marriage was the first of a series of errors of judgement by Mary that handed the victory to the Scottish Protestants and to Elizabeth. Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603)[a] was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Spain was involved in military plots against England and Elizabeth came under pressure from home to become involved with defending other Protestants on … When no invasion came, the nation rejoiced. The established religion of the realm is the Church of England, whose supreme governor is Queen Elizabeth II although in practice the is governed by its bishops under the authority of Parliament. And therefore I say again, I will marry as soon as I can conveniently, if God take not him away with whom I mind to marry, or myself, or else some other great let happen. [27] Mistress Kat Ashley, who was fond of Thomas Seymour, sought to convince Elizabeth to take him as her husband. James I and the Late Queen's Famous Memory,", This page was last edited on 17 April 2021, at 14:13. As controversy and conflict re-shaped religious systems, old superstitions and practices flourished, especially among the common people. In 1563 Elizabeth proposed her own suitor, Robert Dudley, as a husband for Mary, without asking either of the two people concerned. He finally remarried in 1578, to which the queen reacted with repeated scenes of displeasure and lifelong hatred towards his wife, Lettice Knollys. It was an amazing act of PR that by the 1580s people in England were happy to call themselves Protestants. Elizabeth therefore sought a Protestant solution that would not offend Catholics too greatly while addressing the desires of English Protestants; she would not tolerate the more radical Puritans though, who were pushing for far-reaching reforms. [215][216] Historians of that period, such as J. E. Neale (1934) and A. L. Rowse (1950), interpreted Elizabeth's reign as a golden age of progress. Unlike America, England at the time had no separation between church and state. [162], In 1583, Sir Humphrey Gilbert sailed west to establish a colony on Newfoundland. Mary escaped from Loch Leven in 1568 but after another defeat fled across the border into England, where she had once been assured of support from Elizabeth. Her strategy, to support the Dutch on the surface with an English army, while beginning secret peace talks with Spain within days of Leicester's arrival in Holland,[120] had necessarily to be at odds with Leicester's, who wanted and was expected by the Dutch to fight an active campaign. [86], This claim of virginity was not universally accepted. [186] Elizabeth was happy to play the part,[190] but it is possible that in the last decade of her life she began to believe her own performance. Religion . Having previously promised to marry, she told an unruly House: I will never break the word of a prince spoken in public place, for my honour's sake. However, there were many unsettling changes to the religion of England during the 118 years that the Tudors were in power. She often wrote to Ivan the Terrible on amicable terms, though the Tsar was often annoyed by her focus on commerce rather than on the possibility of a military alliance. This was for a number of reasons, not least because Elizabeth’s half-sister, Mary I , burned around 300 Protestants in a brutal attempt to reverse the Reformation. Yet he added, "her figure is fair and tall and graceful in whatever she does; so far as may be she keeps her dignity, yet humbly and graciously withal. If a person did not follow the ‘favoured' religion for the time, they were punished severely. [141] In Ireland, Elizabeth's forces ultimately prevailed, but their tactics stain her record. [75] For several years she also seriously negotiated to marry Philip's cousin Archduke Charles of Austria. [88], A central issue, when it comes to that question of her virginity, was whether she ever consummated her love affair with Robert Dudley. Religion became a very divisive factor in people’s lives in England when Protestant ideas challenged the dominance of the Catholic Church of Rome. The expedition was led by her former suitor, the Earl of Leicester. In 1558, Elizabethan society was an incredibly dangerous time period to be alive for a number of reasons. [160] Numerous envoys were dispatched in both directions and epistolar exchanges occurred between Elizabeth and Sultan Murad III. [113] After Mary's execution, Elizabeth claimed that she had not intended for the signed execution warrant to be dispatched, and blamed her Secretary, William Davison, for implementing it without her knowledge. Queen Elizabeth is “Defender of the Faith” of the Church of England. [82], Elizabeth's unmarried status inspired a cult of virginity related to that of the Virgin Mary. "[65] Amy Dudley died in September 1560, from a fall from a flight of stairs and, despite the coroner's inquest finding of accident, many people suspected Dudley of having arranged her death so that he could marry the queen. [178] This culminated in agitation in the House of Commons during the parliament of 1601. Divorce was not allowed by the Catholic Church so he created an independent Church of England. [150] Soon afterwards, a peace treaty was signed between England and Spain. He was the son of her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots. [131] The defeat of the armada was a potent propaganda victory, both for Elizabeth and for Protestant England. Letter to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, 10 February 1586, delivered by Sir. [165][166][133] During this time, repression of Catholics intensified, and Elizabeth authorised commissions in 1591 to interrogate and monitor Catholic householders. 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