What was the Catholic threat to Queen Elizabeth and how serious was it? Queen Elizabeth ruled England from 1558 until her death in 1603. Many historians (such as Penry Williams)see her reign as the start of England becoming a great power. Throughout her reign Elizabeth was faced with many challenges, one of the biggest being what to do about religion. Religion was of fundamental importance in sixteenth century Europe and was a crucial part of peoples …showed first 75 words of 1423 total…

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