Assess the main problems facing Elizabeth at her accession in 1558 The English generally regarded a female monarch with apprehension, but in general England was still a male-dominated world. The things that made rulers great were thought only to occur in men and so women were generally looked down upon as rulers. Women were thought to be physically, intellectually, and emotionally inferior to men and, therefore, incapable of handling the rigors of public life. Men expected a female ruler to marry and hand the reins of government over to her husband and after the reign of Queen Mary they were not expectant of much from another inexperienced woman. An unmarried female ruler was inconceivable to sixteenth-century Europeans.
Wolsey was raised as a Catholic and supported the concept of marriage however, the main reason he was able to stay in power for so long was his flexibility to meet the kings wishes whatever they were. A divorce was very hard to obtain even for the king of England as it went against the religious nature of the country and so Wolsey knew he would have to find a loophole or old scripture that allowed Henry to be divorced from Catherine if he wanted to please Henry and stay in power. Wolsey tried to say that Edward had not consummated his marriage to Catherine of Aragon and so it was not valid, however this is most likely untrue and so this did not work. The Sack of Rome was used to put pressure on the Pope to grant the divorce as it kept the Pope as a virtual prisoner inside of Italy however this also failed. Wolsey’s final attempt to secure the divorce was through Henry’s own court however, this was not recognised by Catherine and she went to the Pope who refused to grant the divorce.
But when their father (the emperor at the time) decided that Anna was unworthy of the throne, he chose John as his successor. Anna knows that part of his decision was because of her grandmother, who realized that she wouldn’t be able to rule through Anna anymore. Anna Dalassena then twisted the emperor’s mind into thinking Anna Comnena wasn’t capable of the job, and convinced the emperor to
Her influence on him as a wife was great but she wasn’t very helpful at converting Nicholas into a strong ruler instead she would argue with him against any move towards constitutional monarchy and urge Nicholas to put his autocratic will without regard for the constraints of the law. Moreover, according to the sources, she was never liked by the Russian people or the Russian court hence it added to people’s list of dislike for Nicholas more. She loved Nicholas and her family deeply and demanded the Tsar to spend most of his time with the family which meant he couldn't pay much of his attention to the matters of the nation. As a result, people decided to abolish Russian autocratic
In truth, it was likely rare that a medieval girl would stand up to her father in regards to the suitor that he picked for her. It was likely even rarer that a girl would hit her own father. These are things seen as deeply disrespectful, and in the Middle Ages, respect for elders was important. Why, then, do we see Birdy doing both of these things even though she lives in the Middle Ages? The book is written for modern Americans, and modern Americans would find it in severe distaste to see a girl being blindly obedient to her father even when what he asks of her goes against her own wishes.
Louis XIV takes over after Mazarin’s death in 1661 The revolts alarmed the young king into believing that only a country with absolute monarchy could prevent civil war. Louis believed that his power came from God and no one should question it. This was known as "divine right". After Mazarin's death in 1661, Louis XIV ruled as an absolute monarchy However, many obstacles stood in the way of absolutism in France: Nobles had the means to raise private armies and build fortifications. The king did not have the means to raise and keep an army himself and had to rely on these nobles to defend the nation; The Huguenots, who since the 1598 Edict of Nantes by Henry IV, held the rights to bear arms and to build fortifications in certain locations.
If she had the baby, he might leave her, she would have no way to support herself. Society backed her into a corner because it didn’t support a woman’s right to choose. If this took place today, the effect would have been very different. A single mother like Jig, would have rights to do what she wanted. Raising a child alone isn't as taboo as it was back then.
Should he comply with the patriarchal order, he must either oppose his mother and take the throne, or dishonor his father by accepting his uncle as his mother’s husband. By accepting Patriarchy he must acknowledge that Ophelia can never be his because her father demands it, or accept that Ophelia should not think or feel or do anything for herself. In essence, he can lover her and not be with her or he can hate her and own her. 1.) Welshimer Wagner, Linda.
In Elizabethan times, women were selected by parents to be given away in marriages. However, Hermia would not marry Demetrius, the person chosen by her father as a marriage partner. Love was not a primary matter of consideration, as wealth or material things of the prospective bridegroom were more desirous to the father. Fathers often favored the birth of a male heir, and were anxious for a marriage so they would have a son (eliz.org pg 1). Hermia defied her father’s wishes, and sought after the love of Lysander.
She denied her father any right in choosing or granting allowance to Othello to marry her. Instead she chose the man who she wanted to marry and felt it unnecessary that her father intervene in their relationship. This act of independence by Desdemona tore away the gender barriers of the Venetian patriarchal society and posed a threat to male authority. The other aspect of Desdemona’s mutiny was the miscegenation in Desdemona and Othello’s marriage. 1The choice of mate made by Desdemona further deviated from the role in which Venetian society would cast her.