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Elizabeth's England
Win hearts, and you have all men's hands and purses.
William Cecil (1520–98)
'The Queen is dead, long live the Queen'
Elizabeth Tudor came to the throne at the death of her half-sister, Mary I, on 17 November 1558....
Elizabeth's coronation
Mary I was buried on 14 December 1558 after a deliberately long delay, which allowed Elizabeth to...
Restoring the English currency
When Elizabeth came to power, she inherited one of the most debased coinages in history. Since the...
The religious settlement: the middle way
Upon her accession in 1558, Elizabeth inherited a nation that had suffered religious flux between...
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