I think there are many reasons why Elizabeth didn’t marry but yes I think it was one of the reasons. She saw up close the risks of choosing a husband and how ‘England’ might react. I also think this episode is one of the key reasons she was so resistant to naming or favouring a successor.
I have always disliked Queen Mary, seeing nothing commendable for her in either in governance nor character. I am more admiring of her after hearing how she comported herself in a time of peril. However, I am with the average English person of the time who feared not only the stripping of wealth from England but the over arching power of the inquisition set free within our already sufficiently brutal lands. Thanks for this article. It enlarged my understanding of this event.
Do you think this episode is the reason why Elizabeth never married?
I think there are many reasons why Elizabeth didn’t marry but yes I think it was one of the reasons. She saw up close the risks of choosing a husband and how ‘England’ might react. I also think this episode is one of the key reasons she was so resistant to naming or favouring a successor.
I have always disliked Queen Mary, seeing nothing commendable for her in either in governance nor character. I am more admiring of her after hearing how she comported herself in a time of peril. However, I am with the average English person of the time who feared not only the stripping of wealth from England but the over arching power of the inquisition set free within our already sufficiently brutal lands. Thanks for this article. It enlarged my understanding of this event.