The succession and foreign policy: Simon Adams looks at the close connections between Elizabeth's ascendancy, her religion and her ensuing relationships with the states of Europe.(400th anniversary of the death of Elizabeth I)

From: History Today | Date: May 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

`She is a very prudent and accomplished princess, who has been well educated, she plays all sorts of instruments and speaks several languages (even Latin) extremely well. Good-natured and quick spirited, she is a woman who loves justice greatly and does not impose on her subjects. She was good-looking in her youth, but she is also tight-fisted to the point of avarice, easily angered and above all very jealous of her sovereignty.'

THIS ASSESSMENT OF Elizabeth I was made in the introductory discours to his collected papers by Guillaume de d'Aubespine, Baron de Chateauneuf, ...

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