Celtic Moment

Flora Robson, Bette Davis (twice), Glenda Jackson, Cate Blanchett (also twice), Judi Dench, Helen Mirren, and Anne-Mare Duff tell various versions of Elizabeth’s story.

This is a rather vague question. I read multiple novels at one point, all covering different aspects of this time period–I just want everything to make sense. I understand Henry VIII and his wives, how the boy king Edward ruled for a few shaky years, how bloody Mary took the throne and tried to reestablish Catholicism, and how Elizabeth eventually gained the throne and brought stability and prosperity to England for years.

Then I hit a gray area. I know something about King James and then something happened to him to unseat him from the throne, and how his son, Bonnie Prince Charlie, tried to regain twice, circa 1718 and 1745 with the help of Highland clans and French support that never actually showed.

If someone could help clarify the details of what was going on in Britain and France and Rome during this time period, I would appreciate it. I’m going to award a best answer if someone explains it well enough.

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In the literature of our country, however copious, the eye of the curious student may still detect important deficiencies. We possess, for example, many and excellent histories, embracing every period of our domestic annals;–biographies, general and particular, which appear to have placed on record the name of every private individual justly entitled to such commemoration;–and numerous and extensive collections of original letters, state-papers and other histor… More >>

Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth

Was the reign of Queen Elizabeth I the Golden Age of English History? Why or why not? Your paragraphs must use at least 3 points of evidence from the reading to support your viewpoint.