If Elizabeth 1st was Henry 8th daughter and he was a Tudor why was her era known as Elizabethans and not Tudor

Answer 1

Because she made it her own; we have retrospectively named her era Elizabethan because she was a great queen in her own right. It was a Golden Age unlike her father's, who is remembered chiefly for his Break with Rome and his six wives; her brother Edward died young and made little impression, and her sister Mary is remembered for her efforts to bring the country back to Catholicism - and her burnings of heretics.

Elizabeth presided over a fairly stable country where literature and the Arts flourished; it was a time of discovery as a sea-faring nation, and England defeated the Spanish Armada.

She was also a charismatic personality; we remember her as the Virgin Queen who refused to share the throne with a man or marry and take second place to a King in a time when a woman was considered weaker than a man and not so able to rule.

We do, however, measure the rule of the Tudors from her grandfather Henry VII until her death in 1603.

Answer 2

It wasn't. For my sins I studied 'the Tudors' for A-level history. From Henry VII to the death of Elizabeth in 1603. Elizabeth reigned from 1555 (I think) till 1603. Man great discoveries were made during her reign. The fashion in dressing and architecture changed during this time and became known as Elizabethan. Sir Walter Raleigh brought us the potato (a major source of present day obesity) and tobacco ('nough said). He's got a lot to answer for.

Answer 3

Elizabeth reigned for quite a long period, so with this in mind it is easier to remember the time as specifically Elizabethan. The Tudor period covers such a long period in time, that it is too wide ranging to denote important events that happened in Elizabeth's reign as simply Tudor.

Answer 4

certain, Queen Elizabeth a million grow to be the daughter of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII. Anne Boleyn grow to be Henry's second spouse (after Catherine of Aragon) and they were Tudors. the present Queen Elizabeth II is a Windsor, who all began a Saxe-Gotha-Coburg, domicile of Wettin of Germany....Henry VIII being Elizabeth R's father, his in trouble-free terms relation to Elizabeth Windsor will be as a marvelous-uncle many, many situations bumped off....In different words, her line of descent is divergent from Henry VIII's. keep in suggestions, for sure, that all the royal houses of Europe are appropriate in some style or yet another!!!!

Answer 5

It IS refered to as Tudor (as in Elizabeth Tudor) but so as to distinguish her long and important rule, it is also discribed as Elizabethan, since we often tend to associated 'Tudor' more with her father, Henry VIII and predecessor.

BTW kaydee, I don't think 'Edwardian' is associated with Elizabeth's brother, but with Edward VII (1901-1910)

Answer 6

Her reign is considered to be part of the Tudor period, which covers Henry VII-Elizabeth I. You can also describe her reign as 'Elizabethan' just to be more specific. Henry VIII's reign is sometimes described as 'Henrician'.

Answer 7

The era 'Tudor' refers to the entire 1485-1603 time period when the Tudors were the kings and queens. Henry VIII's period was actually 'Henrican', Mary's was 'Marian' and Edward (for the short time he was king) was 'Edwardian'.

Answer 8

he died before she ruled