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Elizabeth 1st - Coggle Diagram
Elizabeth 1st
The Virgin Queen
Elizabeth never married
Used her chastity as a political weapon
Captured the imagination of poets and writers
The Faerie Queen by Edmund Spencer
Seen as the example of courtly love
Mary Stuart
Pretender to English throne
Philip of Spain wanted to use her to secure power
Imprisoned by Elizabeth
Kept her alive to avoid the war with Spain
War with Spain
Empire building-race
Started with a series of pirate raids against Spanish ships
Supported by Elizabeth
English navy defeated Spanish Armada
Politics
Sense of stability and unity
E.1st surrounded herself with a Privy Council
Creation of an Empire
John Dee argued for the establishment of a navy
Imperialistic spirit was encouraged by the queen
Excommunication
Pope Pius V excommunicated her + urged to depose her
Suppression of several plots against her
Copernicus’ discoveries
Church considered them as heretical
Because of the fear of persecutions, we’re discussed in private rooms