QUEEN ELIZABETH I: THE WOMAN WHO WOULD NOT BE CONTROLLED
Episode 7 | Human History — Individuals
In this History episode we focus on Queen Elizabeth I — the daughter whose mother was executed by her father, who spent her teenage years one accusation away from the scaffold, and who ruled England alone for 45 years in an era that insisted a woman could not rule at all.
This episode covers her survival through Henry VIII and Bloody Mary, the marriage question she used as a diplomatic weapon for four decades, the defeat of the Spanish Armada, and the age of Shakespeare and exploration she presided over.
Good Queen Bess. The Virgin Queen. Gloriana…
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