#simon adams

For financial reasons Elizabeth needed to recall the prorogued parliament of 1563 in October. With no result of her promise to marry, since her negotiations with the Archduke Charles had stalled, she faced pressure from both Houses to settle the succession. On 5 November 1566 she snapped back in a famous speech that concluded ‘it is monstrous that the feet should direct the head’. She also declared, ‘I thank God I am indeed endued [endowed] with such qualities that if I were turned out of the realm in my petticoat, I were able to live in any place in Christendom’. Mary would also use this trope from the Italian poet Boccaccio the following year.

Philip II was born six years before Elizabeth I in 1527 and died five years before her in 1598. Between them 'el rey prudente' (the prudent king) and the virgin queen dominated the second half of the sixteenth century.

On 27 December 1552 he [Robert Dudley] was appointed keeper of Somerset Place, where he and his wife lived for the remaining months of Edward’s reign. At the same time Princess Elizabeth begrudgingly agreed to exchange Durham Place for Somerset Place; although she never resided there before Edward’s death, the coincidence is intriguing.

“In February 2018 Yale UK added this title to their publications list in the series with a due date of October 2020. Early in October 2019 the date was pushed back a year to 15 October 2021. In April 2021 this date was withdrawn and the space was filled by the paperback of 'Edward the Confessor' by Tom Licence. Not only was the date rescinded but 'Elizabeth I' was withdrawn from the list of titles on Yale's website, and the book page at Yale was also deleted (but remains linked on this page just in case it returns to active duty). No doubt the title will return to the schedule when a later publication date is available for public release. For the time being 2022 is nominated as the probable year of publication.”