伊丽莎白一世婚姻与国家

伊丽莎白一世的婚姻与国家

[摘要] 近代早期,英王伊丽莎白一世的婚姻外交政策颇有特色。她以自己的婚姻为筹码,在欧洲大陆各国,特别是法国和西班牙这两大强国之间进行权力平衡,为英国最大限度地谋求国家利益。同时她利用自己的婚姻巧妙地处理了国内政治、宗教等事务。在她统治英国期间,国内和国际环境都很有利,英国得到了长足的发展。[关键词] 伊丽莎白婚姻外交

[abstract] in early modern times, there were some distinctive characteristics in the foreign policy of elizabethⅰ’s marriage. she made her own marriage serve as the bargaining counter and the balance among european countries, especially between france and spain to win the national interests to a great degree. elizabeth used her own marriage to deal with the religious problem and the foreign affairs. she tied her marriage with the development of her country. this foreign policy of marriage not only embodied the diplomatic characteristics of sovereign states in modern times, but also started diplomatic policy of power balance to some extent in england.

[key words] elizabethmarriageforeign policy

i. introduction

elizabeth i (1533 - 1603) was queen of england and queen

of ireland from 17 november 1558 until her death. sometimes called the virgin queen, gloriana, or good queen bess, elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the tudor dynasty . the daughter of henry viii, she was born a princess.1 from the start of her reign in 1558, elizabeth i was pressurized into marriage so that there would be an heir to the throne. so she made full use of her marriage as part of her political strategies to make her country become a strong power in the world. her marriage went together with her country tightly. ii. the relationship between elizabeth’s marriage and her country

1. elizabeth’s first marriage crisis

before her accession, elizabeth i met the first crisis of her marriage. thomas seymour, baron seymour of sudeley, married catherine, who was the last wife of henry viii. princess elizabeth, was catherine’s ward and immediately after her father’s death she began to live with her stepmother in chelsea. therefore thomas had the guardianship of elizabeth. thomas, who was overly ambitious, started to make advances towards elizabeth. the loud and boisterous seymour began to sneak into ‘the lady elizabeth’s chamber before she was ready, and sometimes before she did rise; and

if she were up he would bid her good morrow and ask how she did, and strike her upon the back or on the buttocks familiarly....’2 as gossip began to spread, catherine sent her away to the house of anthony denny. but thomas’ fervent desire was to unseat and replace his brother as lord protector and by the end of 1548 everyone knew of his plans. on 18th january, the council sent agents to question everyone around thomas, including princess elizabeth. hampton court palace with the union jack flying hampton court palace is a former royal palace in the london borough of richmond upon thames, south west london, united kingdom. ... although elizabeth loved thomas seymour, she used her own wit and calmness by writing to edward seymour to show her innocence. after almost being seduced by thomas seymour, elizabeth learned to be much more careful in her interactions with men, which had a great influence on her later marriage strategy. getting rid of this crisis successfully, elizabeth kept the access to the throne of england and the chances of changing the country and the world.

2. elizabeth’s marriage and the religion disputes

at the start of her reign, elizabeth used her marriage to