Queen Elizabeth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

Question

does anyone know how Queen Elizabeth afected the middle ages.......

Answer 1

Glad you asked this question.

Nothing again the Queen but there are some realities about her reign that often go ignored.

What most people fail to realize (especially with the hollywood image of Queen Elizabeth) is that she was the Queen who first supported Britain's involvement in the trade of enslaved Africans.

Under the Queen's authority, John Hawkins formed a syndicate of wealthy merchants to invest in the slave trade. In 1562, he set sail with three ships for the Caribbean via Sierra Leone.

In 1564, Queen Elizabeth I partnered with him by renting him the huge old 700-tonne ship Jesus of Lubeck, and he set forth on his second longer and more extensive voyage along with three small ships. Hawkins sailed to Borburata, privateering along the way. By the time he reached Borburata, he had captured around 400 Africans. After Borburata, Hawkins sailed to Rio de la Hacha. Hawkins returned to England in September 1566, his expedition a total success as his financiers made a 60% profit.

check:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hawkin...

Although his first three voyages were semi-piratical enterprises, Queen Elizabeth I was in need of money and saw pirates as fighting her battles at their own cost and risk.

Check the Queen's Pirates

http://www.channel4.com/history/microsit...

11 July 1596: Queen Elizabeth I of England sends a letter complaining that 'there are of late divers blackmoores brought into this realme, of which kinde of people there are allready here to manie ... Her Majesty's pleasure therefore ys that those kinde of people should be sent forth of the lande". Accordingly, a group of slaves were rounded up and given to a German slave trader, Caspar van Senden, in 'payment' for duties he had performed.

check:

http://www.brycchancarey.com/slavery/chr...

this part of history seems to go unnoticed for some reason when in fact the 'slave' trade was how all European empires were built and flourished in this period.  Major banks, insurance companies, museums and other institutions got their start from money that was acquired through slavery. If we are really going to look at people in history and the history of the world you can't ignore how they got their power and built their empires.

We need to begin to challenge  historical views of people  like Queen Elizabeth I. And others like John Hawkins, Christopher Columbus, and Francis Drake who are often described as 'great explorers'. The reasons they were making their voyages was to acquire wealth and that wealth was through the capture and enslavement of African peoples.

check:

http://www.understandingslavery.com/citi...

In trying to understand history we have to look at it in its full context.

Answer 2

Technically speaking, not at all, since she reigned after the Middle Ages, which ended somewhere around 1400, depending how you count it and what part of Europe you're talking about.

But if you mean how did her reign affect the years following it, it had enormous effects.  She was a powerful, ambitious, and long-reigning monarch.  She took some steps toward the Industrial Revolution by copying mechanical designs from the new Dutch republic.  She made things worse in Ireland, as many English monarchs did from her father's reign onward.  Her navy fought off the Spanish Armada.  Those are just the things that pop into my head at the moment; you might try looking her up on Wikipedia or elsewhere--she's well-known and there's tons of stuff out there about her.

Answer 3

Elizabeth I's reign witnessed widespread increase in literacy and great achievements in the arts - great poets and playrights emerged during her era such as William Shakespeare, Edmund Spenser, Christopher Marlowe and Sir Walter Raleigh)

The reign of Queen Elizabeth I also saw significant expansion overseas. Great explorers were encouraged such as Sir Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir John Hawkins, Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Richard Greenville.

Queen Elizabeth established the Poor Laws - she achieved a new framework of support for the needy, achieved recognition for England as a leading power in Europe. Queen Elizabeth I lead England as a woman, in what was very much a man's World, and she did this with courage, intelligence and loyalty to her friends.

Answer 4

Since she was born in the middle - late Renaissance, I doube she affected the middle ages at all!

Answer 5

Even though she did not reign in the middle ages (she reigned from 1558-1603) Elizabeth's reign foresaw many changes in England, in fact her reign saw one of the biggest humiliation of the Spanish Navy, the defeat of the Spanish Armada. At her death, England was the richest and the most powerful empire in Europe. And also, in a poll conducted by BBC regarding the most  popular Britons/English Elizabeth I was the highest ranking British/English monarch. So technically speaking, she is the most popular monarch in British/English history. You can clearly see it by the many movies made about her.

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