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1、Queen Elizabeth IAnalysis of Characteristics of Elizabeth reignAbstract: the essay is mainly analysis of Characteristics of Elizabeth reign and what was the effect of English history. During her reign, Britains economic prosperity, literature bright brilliant, the military has become one of the worl
2、ds best naval powe. Elizabeth is one of the greatest monarch in British history as a woman.so we can better know that the United Kingdom become the empire on which the sun never sets from below aspects we are discuss.Key words; political policy overseas trade religion1 Flexible political policyShe d
3、iscovered able people and put them at suitable posts ,during his reign, fall on this society, from the ancient to the modern transition period, a dramatic social change . fortunately, She inherited her fathers supremacist view of the monarchy, but showed great wisdom by refusing to directly antagoni
4、ze Parliament. She acquired undying devotion from her advisement council, who were constantly perplexed by her habit of waiting to the last minute to make decisions (this was not a deficiency in her makeup, but a tactic that she used to advantage). She used the various factions (instead of being use
5、d by them), playing one off another until the exhausted combatants came to her for resolution of their grievances. Finally, she change the the situation which is beset with troubles internally and externally with all her efforts, takes the lead in Britain for later lay the foundation for stepping in
6、to capitalism society.and alsomake use of her intelligent developing political and economical. As a woman, she can show so outstanding ability in the political arena, it serves to show what a practiced with operate her reign policy. especially, we can see her ability from she select and appoin these
7、 courtiers with different speciality skill .even she maintained a relative balance in many courtier.2 Church settlementsElizabeths personal religious convictions have been much debated by scholars. She was a Protestant, but kept Catholic symbols (such as the crucifix), and downplayed the role of ser
8、mons in defiance of a key Protestant belief. In terms of public policy she favored pragmatism in dealing with religious matters. The question of her legitimacy was a key concern: Although she was technically illegitimate under both Protestant and Catholic law, her retroactively declared illegitimacy
9、 under the English church was not a serious bar compared to having never been legitimate as the Catholics claimed she was. For this reason alone, it was never in serious doubt that Elizabeth would embrace Protestantism. Elizabeth and her advisors perceived the threat of a Catholic crusade against he
10、retical England. Elizabeth therefore sought a Protestant solution that would not offend Catholics too greatly while addressing the desires of English Protestants; she would not tolerate the more radical Puritans though, who were pushing for far-reaching reforms. As a result, the parliament of 1559 s
11、tarted to legislate for a church based on the Protestant settlement of Edward VI, with the monarch as its head, but with many Catholic elements, such as priestly vestments. The House of Commons backed the proposals strongly, but the bill of supremacy met opposition in the House of Lords, particularl
12、y from the bishops. Elizabeth was fortunate that many bishoprics were vacant at the time, including the Archbishopric of Canterbury. This enabled supporters amongst peers to outvote the bishops and conservative peers. Nevertheless, Elizabeth was forced to accept the title of Supreme Governor of the
13、Church of England rather than the more contentious title of Supreme Head, which many thought unacceptable for a woman to bear. The new Act of Supremacy became law on 8 May 1559. All public officials were to swear an oath of loyalty to the monarch as the supreme governor or risk disqualification from
14、 office; the heresy laws were repealed, to avoid a repeat of the persecution of dissenters practiced by Mary. At the same time, a new Act of Uniformity was passed, which made attendance at church and the use of an adapted version of the 1552 Book of Common Prayer compulsory, though the penalties for
15、 recusancy, or failure to attend and conform, were not extreme.3 Wars and overseas tradeAs early as in Elizabeth at the beginning of the regime, from continental Europe is constantly from Spain and Portugal navigator exploration success get rich news. In commercial times, win the ocean more importan
16、t than win the land. As an island nation, British people seem to be naturally more than the others understand this truth. Englands any one place distance from sea are more than 120 kilometers, in the history of the big opportunities; the British have such a huge advantage of location gradually revealed. She keenly aware this point, and quickly became a British overseas trade of active supporters and direct participants. Not only Elizabeth authorized businessman organ
