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Early life, 1533–1537
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Education, 1537–1552
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Religion
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The threshold of adult life, 1547–1553
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Mary, and Elizabeth's miraculous preservation, 1553–1558
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Accession, 1558
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The religious settlement, 1558–1559
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The question of marriage, 1558–1581
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The succession
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The shaping and testing of the Elizabethan regime, 1558–1572
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Court and country
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Papists and puritans
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The queen, the regime, and parliament
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Mary, queen of Scots, 1568–1587
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The Netherlands and the Armada, 1567–1588
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War and the second reign, 1588–1603
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Ireland
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Essex, Elizabeth's last years, and her death, 1591–1603
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Representations, allegories, and images
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The verdict of posterity: historiography, biography, fiction, cinema, and television
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Achievement and legacy