This paper asks how Elizabeth's reign influenced the Golden Age of England? ... Her parents were immediately disappointed with the sex of Elizabeth, because they both expected the child to be a prince, and the heir apparent.2 Elizabeth was named after both of her grandmothers; Henry's mother Elizabeth of York, and Anne's mother Elizabeth Howard.3 Elizabeth's name affirmed the union of Henry and Anne, and the princess' royal descent.4 Elizabeth spent little time with her parents, and was raised mostly by the nurse or governess, Lady Margaret Bryan, and later Katherine C...

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Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland and Queen consort of France (through her marriage to Francis II), Elizabeth's cousin, returned to Scotland following the death of her husband. ... While her late husband, Francis II, had given up her claim to the English throne in the 1560 Treaty of Edinburgh, Mary did not formally approve the treaty itself. ... As soon as she stepped on English soil, Mary became a direct threat to Elizabeth. ... Its failure was partly due to international factors – Northumberland and Westmorland lacked support from the Pope, who had not yet issued the Papal Bull of e...

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When Pope Clement refused because Pope Julius II had granted King Henry VIII dispensation to marry Catherine in the first place, Henry contemplated splitting from the church solely to fulfill his matrimonial plans. ... By now the people and Parliament had gain so much power that once her reign ended, Elizabeth acceded to a troubled throne surrounded by angry people. ... This caused Elizabeth to establish a new and improved Protestant church ruling through the Elizabethan Injunctions6. As the last Tudor, Elizabeth re-established the church her father started to create and further put her input...

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