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1、InJanuary1559ElizabethIwascrownedQueenofEngland.ShewasthelastofthegreatTudordynasty,abrightstarwhodazzledboththenationandtheworld.Elizabeth‘sachievementshaslastedfornearlyfourcenturiesandit’seasytoseewhy.Shereignedfor45tumultuousyears.HershipsdefeatedtheSpanishArmadaandsai
2、ledroundtheglobe.Inhertime,ShakespearewroteplaysandSpenserwrotepoems.ThedaughterofKingHenryVIIIandhissecondwife,AnneBoleyn,QueenElizabethIcametothethronein1558andruledEnglandforalmost45years.HerreignisknownasTheGoldenAge,atimethatsawthebirthofShakespeare,thedefeatoftheSpan
3、ishArmada,andtheemergenceofEnglandasaworldpower.FromtheprisontothepalaceElizabeth‘sfatherwasHenryVIII,oneofthemostfamouskingsinEnglandforhissixwives.Henrydivorcedhisfirstwife,CatherinofAragon,becauseshehadnotgivenhimasonhehadbeenlongfor,butnowherreplacementAnnBoleynhadfail
4、edherprincipaldutyasroyalbreedingmachine,forshehadonlyonedaughter-Elizabeth.Meanwhile,Henryhadfalleninlovewithanotherwoman-JaneSeymour.BythetimewhenElizabethwasonlythree,Annwassoonaccusedofmultipleadulteryandexecuted.Andtheirmarriagewasdeclearednullandvoid.Elizabethwasnowi
5、llegitimateandunabletoinheritthethrone.SoinsteadoftheRightHighandMightyPrincess,theLadyElizabeth,inheritrixofthecrownofEngland,shebecametheLadyElizabeth,theKing’ssecondbastarddaughter.Althoughwasbroughtupinthecountryawayfromtheroyalcourt,shestudieslanguagesfromtheageoffour
6、.ShebecamefluentinFrench,Italian,LatinandGreek.In1544,HenryreinstatedElizabethandMaryinthesuccession.Nowomanhadeversatonthethronebefore.NowifEdward(JaneSeymour’sson)diedwithoutaheir,firstMaryandthenElizabethwouldbecomequeen.HenrythensailedforFrancetofightawar,leavinghiswif
7、eKatherineParr,asregentinchargeofthekingdom.Elizabethnowwitnessedatfirsthandthatanintelligent,well-educatedwomancouldruleeffectively.In1546,Elizabeth’sfather,HenryVIIIdied,andlittleKingEdwardVIhadsteppedintohisfather’sshoesattheageof9,whileElizabethwasonly13.Inordertodivor
8、ceCatherinofAragon,HenryhadbrokenawayfromRomeandmadehimselfheadofthechurchinEngland.TheCa
