History 2403E Lecture : England after Elizabeth.doc
22 Mar 2012
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She sought to create an english church that was so fuzzy that variations of religions. Broad and fuzzy grey areas allowed leniency on religious choices. As long as the loyalty it to the queen first, then relgion that"s all that matters. When elizabeth dies, it shakes england to its core they always thought she would be there. She makes talk of succession illegal therefore people don"t expect her to go. Despite the wishes of elizabeth, he starts this process in 1601. Cecil was not the only one who knew about this inevitable shift. Elizabeth hates him he is the son of mary queen of scots (she tried to assassinate elizabeth) Margaret tudor (henry vii daughter) + james iv. Saw him as a barbarous fellow but he had the strongest legitimate claim to the throne: he is from this line, 1603-1625. Cecil was trying to prepare james for this shift.
