May 19 - Elizabeth I's release from the Tower
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- On 19th May 1554, the future Queen Elizabeth I was released from the Tower of London after two months of imprisonment. It was the anniversary of her mother Queen Anne Boleyn's execution.
Elizabeth wasn't free, though, she was released into house arrest. Why? Why had she been imprisoned in the Tower and what happened next?
Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History", tells the story of this period in Elizabeth I's life in today's video.
You can find out more about Elizabeth's arrest and her Tide Letter in Claire's video from 17th March - • March 17 - Elizabeth I...
Queen Elizabeth I was such an intelligent and wise woman. She learned how important it was to keep her own counsel and hold all others at bey. She knew the capricious nature of men seeking power. She also never forgot what happened to her mother. Although Queen Mary I was her half-sister, she was so much older than Elizabeth and had married. Mary ceded some of her power to her husband and let him rule in her stead. I have to believe that Anne's plight was the basis on which much of Elizabeth's character was developed. Elizabeth knew if she could just stay alive long enough, she would one day sit on the throne. All these experiences helped to make her one of the greatest monarchs in all history. How ironic that Henry was so desperate for a son, when his incredibly bright and brave daughter led the country to the "Golden Age".
What a difference in the way people treated Elizabeth & Queen Anne Boleyn. Thank God she wasn't accused of inheriting her mother's "faults", or "sins". Thanks Claire for another great history lesson. 🙋👍👸👑
Jill Niemczynski I’m sure it was to Elizabeth’s benefit that she resembled her father in appearance .
What a memorable date for Elizabeth I to be released on! She indeed must have been thinking a lot about her mother on that day. Thank you again for another awesome video
Very interesting! I did not know that Elizabeth received so much acclaim during her journey to Woodstock - I'm surprised, in a way, that feedback to Mary of her sister's popularity didn't land Elizabeth back at The Tower! I also did not realize that Elizabeth was kept under such close scrutiny after her release. Surely the effects of such pressure played a role in her outlook and later style of rule. Like taking a graduate course in Suspicion!
Anne Boleyn had a smart daughter; a quick study, if you will. Elizabeth was too intelligent to get caught in an attempt to displace her sister, no matter by whom. A great lesson today, Claire. Thank you for your efforts.
I read somewhere that while Elizabeth was imprisoned at the Tower of London, she really thought she might be executed and commented that if she was she wanted to request a french swordsman like her mother. Also interesting coincidence that Elizabeth left the Tower of London's apartments the same day her mother "left" it.
Thank you for today's video. I'm glad Elizabeth was released the same day her mother lost her life. It must have been bitter sweet. As always great job Claire. We all get to enjoy your hard work!
This is why Elizabeth survived as a female monarch while Mary, Queen of Scots was deposed-- Elizabeth never forgot what we call the "optics" of a situation today. Mary depended on her "almost magical power to seduce" men and women to her cause individually. She was so good at this she had no need to consider whether what she was telling one person was consistent with what she'd told another. She just talked and talked; the actual words were less important than her facial expressions and body language in persuading her listeners.
For example, Elizabeth would never be idiot enough to tell her jurors something like "The pope says I'm supposed to be queen, so it's my duty to participate in any plots to depose Elizabeth and put me on the throne." I know Mary had scant hope of avoiding the scaffold in any event, but saying something like "If I get another chance, I'll do it again" is NOT what you want to say when you're trying to prove your innocence in a court of law. Just sayin'.
This must have been a terrible time for Elizabeth. So much for the bonds of sisterhood. I'm sure she thought of her mother so very much. Thank you, Claire! xo
Crazy whirlwind of emotions for Elizabeth on this day
Elizabeth had a good sense of how the court worked. Perhaps her earlier dealings with Thomas Seymour helped her to watch out for the sharks in Tudor England.
Wow, there are no coincidences.........possibly a reminder/warning from Mary I
The tensions of the AB Countdown are getting to me - I felt a disproportionate sense of relief when Elizabeth was released and had such a welcome from the people!
If only Anne could foresee the great heights to which Elizabeth climbed. Something I often think about.
Thank you I love learning about tudor History.
Your classroom, the world, Claire! Ty❤
One of my fantasies has been to appear before Queen Anne Boleyn in the tower and tell her I come from the future . And tell her that her daughter Elizabeth will become the greatest Monarch in England and perhaps in the world . I would like to have done this to give some sonlance before the 19th of May. Perhaps she sense this never know
Mark Pettis I have a similar fantasy--except mine involves telling Henry that his daughter Elizabeth becomes a great Queen and with her ends the Tudor dynasty. Que sera sera, Henry!
@@6falconsue now that's an awesome fantasy. I like it. would like to see his face after you tell him.
Thanks for sharing
Me too but I believe that Queen Anne Boleyn spirit knew and watched over her daughter. It is a comforting thought for me.
@@MichelleFaithLove me too
I stumbled across this channel and so glad I did. I am fascinated by royal history. David Starkey is one of my favourite historians as well. You give all the facts and explain away the fiction side in such an interesting and almost soothing way. I thought I knew a fair amount about the Tudors but I'm learning so much more listening to this podcast. Thank you. ..
Elizabeth was a credit to her mother. She was an amazing woman. I am sorry she felt so afraid.
Stop disliking her videos. We love you Claire!
I cannot see how anyone could dislike these videos. What is there to dislike.
A superb video as usual. Thank you Claire. I am enjoying this series immensely.
Hello, thank you for this day. Tower release for Elizabeth.(House arrest). These two Half Sisters were in everyway different. Elizabeth is my favorite.
Of course you prefer Elizabeth. How could you not? Merciless Mary, the most reviled monarch in English history, couldn't be anybody's favorite. It would take a psychopath with a pyromaniac bent to profess fandom for Mary.
@@corrietapp3178 I felt sadness for the young Lady Mary. As a Ruler she was disturbed and savage towards non Catholic's. Mary was separated from her Mother and her father caused so much turmoil with his children. History is fascinating.
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And today, some 400 years later, Henry's cruelty towards his daughter is perpetuated in the statements of people who condemn her without any compassion for the psychological injuries done to her by a lifetime of duress, humiliation, loneliness, rejection, & terror. 😔
@@MichelleFaithLove Certainly, Mary deserved compassion for her desperate plight in the years following her parents' annulment. Yet she, in turn, who knew what it was to suffer, did not learn to give compassion to others. As you so rightly say, "she was disturbed and savage." A very apt turn of phrase!
@@h.calvert3165 An unsatisfactory home life is no excuse for burning alive 300 of one's subjects.
Whoa... Never put the dates together... She was released 18years to the day after her mother was beheaded... Wonder if Queen Mary did that on purpose?
That may be why Elizabeth was so afraid that she was going to be killed in a way which gave Mary plausible deniability. It may also explain why the common people-- who knew how to read a calendar-- came out in such masses to show their support for Elizabeth. It was a message to Mary that they would support the children of King Henry over any substitute heir, just as they had supported Mary herself over Lady Jane Grey five years before.
Amazing how someone could go from prisoner in the tower to being Queen in such a short time.
its crazy that she was released on the same date as Anne was executed! I feel it's a type of poetic justice in a way. She is judged harshly, but without her z, there would be no Golden Age!!
Thank you Claire!
🇭🇲🦘 (viewed 12/5/2021) So, Elizabeth released on this day in 1554. What a scary few years she then endured not knowing if she'd be assassinated or not. ..
Then becoming Queen herself 4 years later, after Mary's death. Little did Elizabeth know that she would reign for well over 40 years. A most informative video. "Thank you" Claire 👑👍
I've read various theories about why Mary couldn't bring herself to execute Elizabeth. I'm sure she gave it lots of thought and at times was very tempted. But in the end, Mary knew Elizabeth was her father's daughter, the last Tudor, and at one time the little sister that she cared for. Mary could not be the one responsible for ending the Tudor dynasty and handing the the throne to Mary. Queen of Scots, and at that time likely to become Queen of France as well, even if that Mary was a Catholic.
Who else thinks that this was deliberate on Mary's part?
Mixed emotions for sure on Elizabeth’s part.
Mary wanted to get rid of her!! She hated Anne Boleyn and therefore her daughter too!!
Wow, talk about psychological torture. Royalty were really cut throat.
When you play the Game of Thrones you win or you die. There is no middle ground. ;-D
I can't imagine what terror she felt.
Will you do a series on Anne of Cleves?
Did Elizabeth and Mary attend the funeral of Henry VIII? Thank You.
I find it strange that that event happened on the anniversary of her mothers death.
Notice how she was released the same day her mother was executed years back? I think Anne's spirit was roaming around that day and she was not about to watch her daughter suffer the same fate she had.