The History of England

from Celts through 20th century

Posts Tagged ‘Elizabeth I’

ENGLAND UNDER ELIZABETH THE FIRST

Category: 16th century

Weary  of  the  barbarities  of  Mary’s  reign,  the  people  looked  with  hope  and  gladness  to  the  new  Sovereign. The  nation  seemed  to  wake  from  a  horrible  dream. Queen  Elizabeth  was  twenty-five  years  of  age  when  she  rode  through  the  streets  of London,  from  the  Tower  to  Westminster  Abbey,  to  be  crowned.  Her  hair  was  red,  […]