 Name: Fernández, María Elisabeth

 Subject: CULTURA III

Watch the movie Elizabeth the Virgin Queen (1998) and answer the
following questions:

1. What is happening at the beggining of the movie? Why are these

people being burnt?

In the following film it may seen three anonymous protestants being

executed under Mary I.

2. Why was Elizabeth sent to prison? Where was she taken to?

Elizabeth has been jailed for conspiring against her sister, a trumped up
charge made by Queen Mary’s advisors because they fear Elizabeth and
her Protestant connections.

She was taken to the Hatfield House, in order to preserve her of many
dangers may take place at that time. Elizabeth was the daughter of the
King Henry VIII, loved by the people.

3. Which were the two main religious positions in dispute during the
time period? The Protestants and Catholics.

4. Why was Elizabeth urged to get married?

Because she need to be heir to the throne and to create alliances with other
country through marriage.

5. What does Lord Burghley mean when he says: “Your majesty’s

body and person are no longer her own property?”

He meant that she was not in the position to decide her independence or
freedom to choose her future husband, considering the fact that Elizabeth
need to create bounds or alliances with potential economical countries
through marriage.

6. What was going on in Scotland? How were relations with

England?

England were in war, the main reason was based on politics power and
religion because both desired to leader the other.
7. Who is Walsingham?

He was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I of England from 20

December 1573 until his death. He was popularly known as her
"spymaster".

8. Explain briefly the content of the Act of Supremacy and Act of

Uniformity (1559)

The act of supremacy is an act of the Parliament of England, passed under

the auspices of Elizabeth I; which replaced the original Act of Supremacy
1534 issued by Elizabeth's father, Henry VIII.
Which arrogated ecclesiastical authority to the monarchy, and which had
been repealed by Mary I. Along with the Act of Uniformity 1558 it made
up what is generally referred to as the Elizabethan Religious Settlement.
(The Acts were actually passed in 1559, but Parliamentary convention was
to date Acts according to the year in which Parliament began to sit, rather
than the date of Royal Assent.)
The act remained in place until all save section 8 was repealed by section
1 Part II of the Schedule to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969. This act
was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.

9. What is the Pope’s opinion towards Elizabeth’s Reign? What is

occuring at the Vatican?

The Pope was not in favour of Elizabeth’s Reign because she defend the
independence of the English Church (created by her father Henry VIII)
10.Can you guess who is Monseñor Alvaro allied to?

He was allied to Robert Leicester, Alvaro was managing to persuade

him.
11.What does the Pope state in the scene displayed at 01:22?

The Pope did not accept the Elizabeth’s Reign as well as he persuade to
anyone who kill her by telling that would be welcome to Heaven of God.

12.What was Walsingham’s solution to deal with treason? Who were

murdered?

Walsingham said that the solution to the treason was the death. He
captured Ballard and Arundel and founded a letter proposing the
marriage between Norfolk and Queen Mary. He uses one of his spies to
pass the letter to Norfolk, who signs it, thus providing Walsingham the
evidence he needs to arrest Norfolk and Sussex.

13.Can you explain Elizabeth’s physical change at the end of the

movie? How does it relate to her previous conversation with
Walsingham?

Elizabeth changed her physical appearance to seem Virgin Mary it was

the result of why she was called “THE VIRGIN QUEEN”, by saying that
she doesn´t need a man to rule. She never got married with man. She
would get married with England

14. How long does Elizabeth’s Reign lasted?

It lasted forty years and some historians said that was forty-four years.
15.Why was her Reign called the Golden Age?

Because it was a time of great exploration and the start of the British
colonies. The following years of political unlest the length of time Queen
Elizabeth I ruled meant there was relative stability. Adventurers and
traders brought a wealth of new items and treasures in the country and
trade boomed.