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Elizabeth I and II: Two Lives, One Crown

Elizabeth I and II: Two Lives, One Crown. Elizabeth I - “the Queen with the heart of a King”. Elizabeth I and II - important to England Elizabeth I - strong character, great power Elizabeth II - less power than medieval monarchs.

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Elizabeth I and II: Two Lives, One Crown

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  1. Elizabeth I and II: Two Lives, One Crown

  2. Elizabeth I - “the Queen with the heart of a King”. • Elizabeth I and II - important to England • Elizabeth I - strong character, great power • Elizabeth II - less power than medieval monarchs

  3. Chapter 1: Early Years – childhood of the princesses • Chapter 2: Marriages and Family – personal life • Chapter 3: Political activity – the role they played in the politics • Chapter 4: Religious activity – the role they played in the church

  4. Chapter 1 • Queen Elizabeth I - hard childhood , Queen Elizabeth II - normal childhood • Queen Elizabeth I - orphan at 4 years old • Queen Elizabeth II - horsewoman, no queen • Educated by governesses • Queen Elizabeth I - loved learning, serious child • Queen Elizabeth II - studied at home

  5. Chapter 2 • Queen Elizabeth II - no marriage, no children • Protestants worried that Mary Stuart will be queen • Serious contender: Robert Dudley • Possible marriage with Duke of Anjou • Queen Elizabeth II - met Phillip at 13 years old, engaged at 20 • Queen Elizabeth II – 4 children • Beautiful marriage

  6. Chapter 3 • Elizabethan England • Queen Elizabeth II - powerful women • Chose representative men for the Privy Council • Queen Elizabeth II - Heiress Presumptive to the Throne, Head of State of the UK • After war, September 1939, Queen Elizabeth II assumed Royal responsibilities • Queen Elizabeth II - patron of 620 charities and organizations

  7. Chapter 4 • Queen Elizabeth I - restored Protestant faith • Queen Elizabeth I - private chapel • Queen Elizabeth II - defender of the Church, supreme government of the Church • Queen Elizabeth II - inaugurated New General Synod • The Big Society

  8. Queen Elizabeth I - more powerful than Queen Elizabeth II • Times have changed, power too • Queen Elizabeth I - no family but more appreciated • Queen Elizabeth II - “princess childhood” , no queen but horsewoman • Queen Elizabeth II - “met” real love • Queen Elizabeth I - grew up by herself, gained respect

  9. Bibliography • Bousfield, Arthur. Fifty Years the Queen. Dunburn, 2002. Print. • Doran, Susan. Monarchy and Matrimony. Routlege, 1995. Print. • Harper, Karen. The Queen`s Governess. Penguin • Weir, Alison. Elizabeth, The Queen. New York: Random House, 2009. Print.

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