QUEEN ELIZABETH I.ppt

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GLORIANA


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Childhood

Elizabeth I(7 September 1533

24 March 1603) was queen regnant of Englandand Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin

Queen, Gloriana, or GoodQueen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of

the Tudor dynasty.

When Elizabeth was two-years-old, her mother was executed, so an year later, a

male heir, Edward, was born. She only returned to her father's court when he

married his sixth and last wife Katherine Parr. After Henry's death, she lived at her

stepmother's home with her new husband, Thomas Seymour. However, she left her

home after an incident with Seymour. Although no one really knows what happened,

it is thought that Katherine found Elizabeth kissing him. On King Edward's death of

consumption in 1553, Elizabeth's sister, Mary came to the throne and Elizabeth was

briefly confined to the Tower of London for suspected treason and collaboration with

the rebel Thomas Wyatt. After a few months in the Tower, she was sent to

Woodstock and placed under house arrest for a year. Mary's marriage to Philip II of

Spain made it seem possible that an heir would be born, but Mary died childless in

1558. Elizabeth I was crowned Queen of England on 15 January 1559.


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FROM YOUTH TO OLD

(at the age of 1 year) (at the age of 17) (at the age of 35)


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CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

The "go lden age" represented the apogee of the Engl ish Renaissance and s aw thef lower ing of p oetry, mu sic and l i terature. The era is m ost famous for theatre, as Wil l iam

Shakespeare and m any others comp osed plays that bro ke free of England's past sty le

of theatre. It was an age of exp lorat ion and expans ion abro ad, wh ile back at home, the

Protestant Reformat ion became more acceptable to the people, mo st certa in ly af ter

the Spanish Armada was repulsed. It was also the end of the per iod w hen England was

a separate realm before i ts royal un ion with Scot land.

The Elizabethan Age is viewed so h ighly because of the periods before and after. It

was a b r ief per iod of largely internal peace between the Engl ish Reformat ion and the

batt les between Protestants and Catho l ics and th e batt les between parl iament and th e

mo narchy that engul fed the seventeenth century.

Elizabeth's reign famou s above al l for the f lour ishing of Engl ish d rama, led by

playwrights such as Wil l iam Shakespeare and Chr is to pher Marlowe, and fo r theseafar ing prow ess of Engl ish adventurers such as Sir Francis Drake. Some histo r ians

are more reserved in their assessment. They depict Elizabeth as a short-tempered,

som et imes in decis ive ruler, who enjoyed more than her share of luck. Towards the end

of her reign, a ser ies of economic and m i l i tary p roblems weakened her pop ular i ty.


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Mysterious snake appears in painting of Queen

Elizabeth I

I've always liked royal portraits. It's always fun to see how a monarch decides to visually assert

his/her power, prestige, wisdom, wealth, etc. In portraiture, these attributes and characteristicsof the sitter are emphasized through various signifiers. What if the symbol isn't clear or easily

understood? That seems to be the case with this portrait of Elizabeth I. The final product of this

painting showed Elizabeth I holding a bunch of roses in her hand, they probably representing

symbol of her family, the house of Tudor. But whether these roses were symbolic or decorative,

they were obviously added at the last minute. Deterioration of this painting has revealed that

the monarch originally was holding a snakein her hand. Based on the remaining visual

evidence, an artist has recreated how the snake probably appeared in the original portrait. It isthought that the snake was repainted with roses because of the "ambiguity" of the serpent

symbol. Well, "ambiguity" is right. The well-known symbolic associations with snakes are the

Fall, sin, death, and Satan. And I'm pretty sure Elizabeth I wasn't going for those associations.

Once in a while you hear about snakes being associated with wisdom, so maybe that explains

why the snake was originally included? Can you think of any other symbolic reasons why

Elizabeth I would be depicted with a snake? Deterioration over time has meant the snake hasrevealed itself once more, with its outline now visible on the surface. The portrait was created

by an unknown artist in the 1580s or early 1590s.The gallery suggested the snake's removalmay have been due to the ambiguity of the emblem. A statement from the gallery said: ''The

snake is mainly black but has greenish blue scales and was almost certainly painted from

imagination.'' The image of the monarch covers a portrait of another woman, whose identity is

unknown. X-ray photography showed a female head facing in the opposite direction and in a

higher position than the queen. The eyes and nose of the first face are visible where paint hasbeen lost from Elizabeth's forehead.


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The portrait with the snake

The other woman in the portrait of the Queen


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The Queen's private life

Soon after Elizabeth became queen of England, Protestants gained full control of Parliament. It

now became very important to Parliament that Elizabeth should marry and produce a

Protestant heir to the throne. Parliament was worried that if Elizabeth died childless, MaryStuart, a Catholic, would probably become queen of England. They feared that if that

happened, all Protestants who held power under Elizabeth would be persecuted. Elizabeth had

many favourites in her own court. At various times rumours circulated that Elizabeth would

marry with men such as Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, Sir Charles Hatton, and Thomas

Howard, Duke of Norfolk. In October 1562 Elizabeth caught smallpox. For a while, doctors

thought that Elizabeth would die. This illness made Parliament realise how dangerous the

situation was. Therefore, after she recovered, they asked her once again to consider marriage.

Elizabeth replied that she would think about it but she refused to make a decision. In 1566

members of Parliament tried to force Elizabeth into action by discussing the subject in the

House of Lords and the House of Commons. Elizabeth was furious with Parliament for doing

this. She ordered thirty members from each House to attend a meeting at Whitehall Palace.

Elizabeth read out a long speech where she pointed out that whether she got married or not

was something that she would decide. The members of Parliament at the meeting agreed not tomention the issue again. In 1579 Elizabeth began having talks about the possibility of marrying

the Duke of Anjou from France. John Stubbs wrote a pamphlet criticizing the proposed

marriage. Stubbs objected to the fact that the Duke of Anjou was a Catholic. He also argued

that, at forty-six, Elizabeth was too old to have children and so had no need to get married.

Elizabeth did not marry the Duke of Anjou. She did not marry anyone else. When Elizabeth died

at the age of sixty-nine the Tudor dynasty came to an end.


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Robert Dudley,

Earl of Leicester

Robert Devereux,

Earl of Essex

Edward de Vere,

Earl of OxfordSir Walter Ralegh

Father

Henry VIIIMother

Anne Boleyn

Sister

Mary IBrother

Edward VI


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Some interesting things aboutqueen Elizabeth I Elizabeth I ate so many sweets that her teeth just rotted away and turned black!

As she grew older, servants kept mirrors away from her. Its a good thing that

people back then didnt usually show their teeth when they smiled!

In most of Elizabeth Is portraits, she is wearing enormous dresses with puffysleeves. Although it wasnt the fashion, she wore them to make her look bigand powerful so that people didnt take advantage of her being a woman.

Elizabeth Is skin was badly scarred by smallpox in 1562. She used face paint

and vinegar to cover these scars.

Elizabeth I frequently sworeWhen was angry, she curse and swear.

Queen Elizabeth I sometimes disguised herself as an ordinary citizen, so thatshe could move around without attracting attention.

She used to spit on the floor

She had 2000 dresses

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