Elizabeth’s Religious Settlement

In 1558 after half a century of violent upheavals the last of Henrys VIII’s children came to the throne. The problem’s facing the country might have been too much for any middle-aged king with years of expeirience of govering behind him. But England’s new monarch was a twenty five year old woman who had spent some time confined to the Tower and other castles and who, since the age of twenty had expected almost every day to be expected by her sister Mary.

Queen Elizabeth I was a remarkable woman- as she needed to be with the difficulties that surround her. Despite the vast sums of money gathered by Henry VII and the treasures from the monasteries and churches, so this meant that the country was now desperately poor.