What effect did it have on Elizabeth's reign?
2006-10-15 20:30:28 · 6 answers · asked by gabylondon 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The greatest impact Mary's death had on Elizabeth's reign was to ignite a series of wars with Spain. In her will, Mary bequeathed her title to both the Scotish and English thrones to king Philip of Spain. Her death ignited calls throughout catholic Europe for revenge; and in 1588, Philip sent his armada against the English to overthrow Elizabeth.
The armada was a failure; but the conflict between Spain and England continued throughout Elizabeth's reign, with England supporting the Dutch against the Spanish, and the Spanish supporting the Irish against the English.
2006-10-15 22:31:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It meant that, for the last 16 years of Elizabeth's reign, the only Catholics with any sort of claim to her throne were foreigners. English Catholics therefore patriotically sided with English Protestants against them, rather than with foreign Catholics in support of Mary as they had tended to do for the previous 20 years. England became a more united nation.
2006-10-16 08:42:31 · answer #2 · answered by bh8153 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would say that it had no effect since Elizabeth reigned for 44 years.
2006-10-16 03:48:12 · answer #3 · answered by Valkyrie 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
" In the end is my begining" - Marie Stuart, Queen of Scots (1542 - 1587)
This is the saying which Mary embroidered on her cloth of estate whilst in prison in England and is the theme running through her life. It symbolises the eternity of life after death and Mary probably drew her inspiration from the emblem adopted by her grandfather-in-law, François I of France: the salamander. The Salamander self-ignites at the end of its life, and then rises up from the ashes re-born...
"Alas! Do not as the serpent that stoppeth his hearing, for I am no enchanter but your sister and natural cousin. If Caesar had not disclaimed to hear or heede the complaint of an advertiser he had not so died...I am not of the nature of the basilisk and less of the chameleon, to turn you to my likeness." (To Elizabeth of England during the conference of York)
"I would and did mean to have uttered such matter unto her as I would have done to no other...No one can compel me to accuse myself, and yet if I would say anything of my self, I would say of myself to her and to no other." (To Middlemore about Elizabeth)
Both women as both sisters and cousins, felt betrayed by the other, through having such large responsibility placed upon them at such young ages, neither were ready for such a thing.......after Mary's (marie's) death, Elizabeth felt she had a much larger reponsibility to her people to rule with more authority....she greatly feared the chopping block herself.
2006-10-16 04:44:57 · answer #4 · answered by Mintjulip 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
absolutelly no effect whatsoever,as elizabeth never met mary there was really no feelings for her,and as mary was a traitor who conspired with the spanish to return england to catholicism and an invasion plan,the majority of people had no sympathy for her,but her son became king james 1st of england and i think james the 6th of scotland,
2006-10-16 05:43:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Who cares?
2006-10-16 04:29:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋