... as William Grindal and Roger Ascham, to teach her philosophy, history, speech, French, Spanish, and Italian.6 Grindal and Ascham were converted Protestants, who almost certainly influenced Elizabeth's religious views.7 Elizabeth's troubled childhood made her neurotic, as she suffered from panic attacks, irrational fears, and emotional paralysis when she was unsure of what to do.8 Questions of legitimacy surrounded ... . After Mary's death in 1558, Elizabeth succeeded to the throne and inherited a country that was impoverished, had lost its standing among other European powers, and was re...

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... English throne – indicating Mary's political ambitions. Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland and Queen consort of France (through her marriage to Francis II), Elizabeth's cousin, returned to Scotland following the death of her husband. While Mary can be viewed as an international force, as she was the ... political factor. Mary had a right to the English crown because she was a Tudor, through her grandmother, Margaret Tudor, Elizabeth's aunt. While her late husband, Francis II, had given up her claim to the English throne in the 1560 Treaty of Edinburgh, Mary did not formally approve the ...

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... pressure Pope Clement VII to announce that the king's previous marriage to Catherine of Aragon was null and voice through the Divine Law1. When Pope Clement refused because Pope Julius II had granted King Henry VIII dispensation to marry Catherine in the first place, Henry contemplated splitting from the church solely to fulfill his matrimonial plans. He was so in love ... her councilors were under no illusions that many of her subjects remained obstinately attached to the old ways. This caused Elizabeth to establish a new and improved Protestant church ruling through the Elizabethan In...

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