Film: Elizabeth I - Interpretations

By Dr Sue Doran, published 7th September 2019

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In this film, Professor Sue Doran, Jesus College, University of Oxford, looks at the two main challenges to Elizabeth I's authority: gender and religion. Professor Doran looks at the power of Elizabeth's personality, her relationship with her advisers plus the significance of religion and domestics politics to shaping her reign and defining her legacy.