Queen Elizabeth I, born Elizabeth Tudor, on 7 September 1533 at Greenwich Palace, was the daughter of King Henry VIII and Queen Anne Boleyn. She ascended the throne on 17 November 1558 at the age of twenty-five, and was crowned on 15 January 1559 the following year in Westminster Abbey. Although she never married, Queen Elizabeth was a very productive ruler. She had the firm belief: "I know that I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too" (Queen Elizabeth I on the attack of the Spanish Armada - from http://www.britroyals.com/kings.asp?id=elizabeth1). The childless “Virgin Queen” enforced Protestant religions by law during her reign, thus overthrowing the Catholic Church and creating the Church of England. After a forty-four year reign, he died on 24 March 1603 at Richmond Palace. She was succeeded by her third cousin, James of Scotland, and is a first cousin, thirteen times removed, from the current Queen, Elizabeth Stewart II. Shortly before her reign, her mother, Anne Boleyn, was seen by many in the public eye as a “wild-eyed whore, concubine, and prostitute” (www.pbs.org/wnet/sixwives/meet/ab-handbook- main .html). She was eventually sentenced to death in the Towers of London by beheading as ordered by King Henry VIII, for adultery. Because of its impact on the culture of Britain, the period 1550-1610 soon became known as the “Elizabethan Era” (www.elizabethan-era.org.uk). Elizabethan daily life was in many ways like our life today, however, it was dependent on wealth, social status and occupation. For farmers, life changed with the season. Many farmers were farmers, so children were needed to complete household chores, and the older boy... middle of paper......and salad, ate starters such as roast venison, chicken and quail, and finished with succulent crème brulee and glamour. This atrocity, while still used in common high-class gatherings, most likely stems from the lives of the wealthy, most likely unmarried women of England at the time. These women would use these high teas as a way to vent their political beliefs, thoughts about other people and to build their status. The belle of the tea was the lady with the most up-to-date French fashion and the most expensive jewelry. It didn't matter where you were from, if you showed up at a tea party and didn't know how to properly defend your position, and your entire social career could be obliterated. The Elizabethan era was an extremely proud, sensitive and scandalous time. time for England, and for this reason, to this day, they have still intrigued the world! Works cited