Queen Elizabeth I, Gloriana
Content Index
The first Queen Elizabeth, called "Gloriana" by Edmund Spenser in "The Faerie Queene", was born in 1533 to Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. At the time of her accession to the throne in 1558, England was a militarily weak, religiously divided backwater, outside the mainstream of continental culture.
Elizabeth's name has become a synonym for the era which she dominated with her deft political skills and strong personal character. Aided by her considerable personal abilities, she put England on the road to becoming a true world economic and political power and restoring the country's lost sense of national pride.
Elizabeth, the last of the Tudor monarchs, died without leaving an heir at seventy years of age. Her reign turned out to be one of the most institutionally, geo-politically, artistically and culturally significant in British history and must have exceeded even the most hopeful expectations for it. This, in our view, qualifies her to be considered in the very top rank of British monarchs. Click the links at right for more . . .
We wish to express our appreciation to Heather Thomas for allowing us to re-produce these pages on the life and times of Elizabeth I. Ms. Thomas is a 1997 Honors graduate in History from the University of Wales, Bangor, and is presently completing her Ph.D. requirements (Thesis topic: Elizabethan Propaganda). Find out more about Queen Elizabeth I on the author's website . . . Click Here.
|
QEI Content Index:
 A Brief Biography
Elizabeth I Profile
Timeline of Her Life
Elizabeth's Early Years
Marriage & Succession
The Spanish Armada
Death of Elizabeth
Power & Government
Elizabethan Church
Life at Court
A Tudor Who's Who
Women in Society
Mary, Queen of Scots
Bibliography |
---------------------------------------------------------
©2007 Britannia.com Web Design and Content Development by SightLines, Inc.
| 
