Queen Elizabeth I and Her Affairs with Ireland

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This paper explains that the need to protect 25-year-old Elizabeth's homeland profoundly influenced her decisions to commit the Crown to the completion of the colonization of Ireland. The author points out the vitriol between Spain and England was further exacerbated by the Pope excommunicating Elizabeth in 1570. This paper states that Queen Elizabeth was an unsurpassed model of a learned, intelligent woman who proved that a queen could rule and rule triumphantly.

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Introduction
Thesis
The Financial Burden of Ireland on the Crown
Financial Details of Ireland and Elizabeth's Government
Religious Issues in the Elizabethan Period
Ireland's Allies and England's Enemies
Conclusion

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"One estimate of the amount of money England spent on the defense of Ireland " between the years 1534 and 1572 " was 1,300,000 pounds (Canny, 1976). "And while this figure may be somewhat excessive," Canny writes, "all in England were worried at the enormous and increasing expense" and hence, England experimented with various policies. Some of the more practical ideas for Ireland's possible d nte with England came from the Pale the portion of Ireland (roughly Dublin and a 20-mile radius around Dublin) in which the landowners and townspeople were "old English" settlers, who had put down roots in the 12th Century, and for the most part remained pro-crown."

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