Queen Elizabeth had an extreme sensitivity over her personal appearance and her awareness and fear of its decay. ... Even in her sixty-sixth year it was said that she seemed surprisingly no more than a girl of twenty. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

She ruled during the English Renaissance, where poetry and drama were introduced by poets such as William Shakespeare and during the Medieval Times. ... The Duke of Northumberland did not want Mary, a Catholic to rule because he feared that she would not have any Protestants in her Council. ... Queen Elizabeth's life was harsh because she had no family. ... Elizabeth had no friends and had no one to talk to. She lived in fear during her childhood years and when she was queen; pressure started to build up in her. ...

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• Grade Level: High School