Elizabeth I

Christopher Haigh outlines the historiography of the reign of the first Elizabeth.

Charles Seltman traces the idea of the ruler not only great but good—helper and protector of his subjects—back to Alexander of Macedon.

A study of the dangers and difficulties that confronted the young Queen in 1558, and of the courageous strategy by which she overcame them. By J.E. Neale.

A.L. Rowse charts how three centuries of British historians have produced many different interpretations of the great Queen’s character.

On 15 January 1559, England’s 25-year-old sovereign left Whitehall to be crowned Queen.