March 17 - Elizabeth I's famous Tide Letter
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- 🔒 The Tide Letter: Elizabeth's Defiant Stand 🔒
Step into the turbulent world of Tudor politics with me as I uncover the dramatic events surrounding Elizabeth I's imprisonment and her bold response to her sister, Queen Mary I. Join me on a journey through intrigue and betrayal as I explore one of the most iconic letters in English history.
👑 1. The Shadow of Wyatt's Rebellion:
Delve into the aftermath of Wyatt's Rebellion, a daring plot to overthrow Queen Mary I and place Elizabeth on the throne. Follow the harrowing journey of Elizabeth as she faces accusations of treason and finds herself at the mercy of her sister's court.
🖋️ 2. Elizabeth's Stirring Epistle:
Uncover the stirring words of Elizabeth's letter to Queen Mary, known as the Tide Letter. Witness Elizabeth's impassioned plea for justice and her unwavering protestations of innocence in the face of grave accusations. Explore the eloquence and conviction that marked Elizabeth's defiance in the darkest hour of her reign.
🏰 3. The Tower of London: Bastion of Fear:
Experience the chilling atmosphere of the Tower of London, where Elizabeth was confined during one of the most perilous periods of her life. Explore the secrets and shadows of this infamous fortress as we uncover the harsh realities of Tudor imprisonment.
🔍 4. A Call for Justice:
Reflect on the profound implications of Elizabeth's demand for a fair trial and her refusal to be silenced by tyranny. Examine the power dynamics at play in Tudor court politics and the enduring legacy of Elizabeth's unwavering resolve in the face of adversity.
🌊 5. The Turning Tide:
Join me as I explore the legacy of Elizabeth's Tide Letter and its lasting impact on English history. Discover the courage and resilience of a queen who refused to yield to oppression and whose indomitable spirit would shape the destiny of a nation.
Unlock the secrets of Elizabeth's defiance and discover the untold story behind one of the most pivotal moments in Tudor history. Subscribe now to embark on a journey of intrigue, betrayal, and triumph against all odds! 👑🕊️ #TideLetter #ElizabethI #TudorHistory
Link to video mentioned - January 26 - Mary I writes to Elizabeth - • January 26 - Mary I wr...
You can also find out more about Wyatt's Rebellion in 30 January - Cooling Castle is besieged - • 30 January - Cooling C...
You can see the letter at www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ed...
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Very eloquent. I've seen photos of this letter before and was struck by Elizabeth's forsightedness to line the remainder of the back page so that nothing incriminating could be added. She was obviously well aware of the shenanigans that went on at court.
That's why Elizabeth survived and kept her throne, while Mary Stuart lost her crown, her freedom and then her life. It's not that Mary was stupid, it's just that she didn't have Elizabeth's ability to think a few steps ahead.
@@astrinymris9953 So true. So true indeed.
@@astrinymris9953 Mary Q of S also had to battle v powerful nobles, John Knox and didnt have the modern type of advisers that had developed during Tudor times. I do agree they were v different in personality
Astrin Ymris Mary was known to be very smart. They also had different circumstances. Mary has larger threats in Scotland
What a letter! Elizabeth even then, demonstrates dignity and strength. I like your ‘talking’ house. Our house used to ‘talk’ when we first built it and for several years thereafter. It is a timber frame and the drying out of the timbers would give a crack like a pistol firing, usually in the middle of the night! 😳
Such eloquence and diplomacy. I daresay many today in the modern era could learn a thing or two about how to handle conflict and strife. No yelling, no shouting, no screaming, just a simple request to talk things out.
How frightened Elizabeth must have felt, knowing that many of Mary’s catholic courtiers spoke against her. The Spanish ambassador, in particular, insisted that she was an evil plotter. The tide letter is beautifully constructed and shows how clearly Elizabeth saw what was before her. Elizabeth R had a great scene of the tide letter. Elizabeth’s servants arrested, she defended herself bravely. Anne would have been so proud of her daughter.
She was so, so smart. It blows my mind how she fended off death sp often especially during Marys reign. There's not a video of yours that I've even come close to disliking but anytime the subject of Elizabeth or Mary comes up, I clap my hands in glee & and say out loud "Now we're talking!"
Elizabeth was very sly, indeed. As was her mother. But that did not save Anne’s neck. I think it was Mary’s compassion and sense of justice that saved Elizabeth’s neck. Are you suggesting that Mary was thick and stupid, that she was able to pull one over on her.? because Mary never replied to the letter and kept her in prison until she decided she could leave. The letter may have done nothing for her in the end, as well written as it is.
Starkey is my second favorite British History scholar. It was so interesting that he pointed out that QE1’s handwriting falters just a bit as the letter progressed. Such a strong woman to write such a coherent letter knowing her life may be at stake. I don’t think I would have had the intestinal fortitude to do so.
Since high school ( many years ago) Elizabeth has been my heroine. I have her signature tattooed on my arm with a Tudor rose! Loved this day in history!!
Didn’t see the link to the letter but I have seen a picture of it- in one of my books of course. Anyway, as someone as already mentioned, you can see these score marks she marks across the paper because she didn’t fill up the page. Elizabeth had already been through the ringer during ERVI’s reign. Now she knew she was in deep 😖. I absolutely love this story! I was so surprised and happy to see it pop up. 🤗
I forgot to add it , but it's there now if you scroll down the description - thanks!
It is a great story and I love this letter.
How many people try to imitate Claire using her voice when she does her introductions with “Hi....I’m Claire Ridgeway?” I do and it’s a fun way to begin the daily lesson
But are you any good at imitating me?! Ha!
Elizabeth I, the greatest queen in history. Articulate, well-educated and beautiful (at least without the white lead makeup) LOL. She came so close to losing her head!!!
Not as close as her mother, nor as close as her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots, whom she executed
What a well spoken woman. The letter she wrote was so reasonable, so appealing to the sense of right by her sister, Mary. A point made by beseeching her sister to talk to her. Thank you for making this the topic for the day.
What an elegant letter. So well written and just the right amount of piety. Thank you for this video. Loved it!
Claire, could you please do a video on how Elizabeth banned Lattice Knowles from her court, and the whole thing with their triangle with Robert Dudley? I'd love to hear your take on that situation. 😉
Hollyweird versions of history are so filled with inaccuracies, that your affirmations of ANY of the movie details is exciting (and surprising)
Thank you.
(viewed 14/03/2021) .. Thank you for reading out Elizabeth's famous 'Tide Letter'. Always a delight to hear the words that were written, spoken! Thank you Claire 👑👍
Claire, can you please do a video about Elizabeth meeting Grace O'Malley? I would have loved to be a fly in that room!!!
Elizabeth rocked the Tudor world!
Another interesting video Claire. Elizabeth I my favourite Queen
Elizabeth I was one smart cookie! I admire her sooo much!
Elizabeth I was clearly a very smart young lady. Knowing her mere existence was tenuous adding the graphic to the letter to thwart the addition of verbiage was brilliant!
She always did that, I understand! 📜✒️
Is it just me, or is there a rhythm to this letter which is almost poetry, or at least theatrical?
Thank u 4 these vids! I like 2 unwind at the end of my day with world history, and a house tour would b great! God bless from New Orleans (USA)
Hi Claire! Awesome story today, as usual. I wonder if there would be any young person today in this age of computers, who could hand write (in cursive) such an eloquent letter? Elizabeth surely was wise & mature beyond her years. Anne Boleyn would have been so proud! I don't know if you celebrate in Spain, but it's early morning here in Wisconsin. 5:46am in fact. Happy St. Patrick's Day! 🍀🍀🍀🌈🌈🌈💚💚💚
Love your videos
Thank you.
Smart girl; cross hatched beneath the end of her writing so no one could add anything to the letter .
A noisy roof.....or maybe noisy ghosts trying to get you to pay attention to their history?
Ha!
So funny I was thinking of Tudors making noise in that roof as well!
Claire, thanks as always for this video. Your thoughts on whether Elizabeth took secret part in Wyatt's rebellion? I myself think she was innocent, partly because of his own stout denial, because I don't think she would have done anything so reckless and irregular as to depose her father's chosen heir, and because of the terms which required her to marry Courtenay and become essentially Queen consort and subject to a husband rather than sole Queen in her own right. Just none of that sounded characteristic of Elizabeth to me.
I don't believe that she took part in it at all, but she was probably aware of some goings-on.
@@anneboleynfiles Very true as clever as she was she probably did manage to get inside information.
It was not for nothing that William Cecil hitched his wagon to this star, starting way back when she was being hounded by Edward VI's council!
Thank you for this very interesting I find Elizabeth 1 very fascinating, clever, and eloquent. She was so clever and kept her head. I loved the fact in a previous video of the pet names she had for the people close to her particularly Dudley being her eyes.
Yes, clever, like her mother.
What do you think Mary's true feeling were for Elizabeth ? Do you think she hated her because of what Henry did to her mother so to marry Elizabeth's mother or do you think she actually carred for her because they were sisters ?
It was a bit of both. When they were younger, Mary felt a little maternal towards her, but when Edward died, & they became automatic rivals, their unfortunate history probably didn't help...
Both .A fine line for both women .
Thank you for the link!
I love your arched doorway! I know you said your house is really old... if it is safe for you - I would love a house tour!! 🏵🏰
I can't do a house tour at the moment as we have two rooms that we're having work done on, so their contents are piled up all over the place - very messy!
Beautiful letter, difficult to write I’m sure.
I greatly appreciate various people answering the questions posted here ... but I would very much like it if Claire gave her own answers to these questions since she is the expert.
I viewed the 'Tide letter' I noticed a couple of distinct things: the discipline of writing and on page two in the white blank space lines drawn across the bottom just above signature. IMO, was this precaution taken so 'others' sympathetic to Mary couldn't fill in erroneous information. Wise move on Elizabeth I .
Queen Mary did arrest and imprisoned her half-sister and successor, Elizabeth, due to her insubordination from a direct order from the queen; this was related to a coup attempt against queen Mary to put Elizabeth on the throne. her imprisonment lasted all of a few weeks, and queen Mary made no further attempts to in prison or extinguish the life of Elizabeth. Queen Elizabeth arrested, imprisoned and executed her cousin and her successor, Mary, Queen of Scots. Queen Mary had fled Scotland for the protection of her cousin. Elizabeth similarly thought that Mary was attempting to overthrow her, and her imprisonment lasted years and then, eventually, she was executed. Both decisions changed the course of English history.
To the reader, Elizabeths desperate pleading letter to Queen Mary arouses feelings of very real sympathy as she was indeed, writing for her life, she was well aware that she stood perilously close to the throne, and in the Tudor court that also meant death, she stalled for time as she picked up her quill and in this very eloquent (as Michael rightly states), letter she pleaded with her half sister to let her come into her presence, let her not be judged by her councillors only she and her innocence should be known, poor poor Elizabeth, she was going to the dreaded Tower which was where her tragic mother had gone, never to see the light of day again, what fear and desperation was going through her mind, Lady Jane Grey had been sacrificed for the safety of the catholic queens realm was she about to be sacrificed also? By the time she had finished she had achieved her purpose and the tide had turned, but Queen Mary was furious and Elizabeth had only delayed her eventual trip to the fortress, Mary was determined she would go there but it could be that it was more for Elizabeths safety too as well as the fact that Mary could keep an eye on her, Wyatts foolish rebellion had sealed Jane Grey's fate, but reluctantly she had agreed to her death, I doubt if Mary actually believed her young half sister would be that foolish to become implicated in Wyatts plot, she knew her to be cautious and clever, but nevertheless she had to go to the Tower and it's an interesting point Claire makes about Elizabeth wanting to see Mary, as many of the accused went to their deaths without ever seeing their monarch again, you cannot plead your cause when you are not in their presence, the mind cannot be swayed, had Henry V111 seen his two wives after their arrest maybe history would have been different, the video mentions Catherine Parr whose life was no doubt saved as she was with Henry at the time, it was said he was much troubled by her floods of tears, no matter how much of an ogre a man is many do not like to see women cry, Parr was extremely lucky she was not destined to walk the same desolate path as her two predecessors, Elizabeth felt that if she could only see her sister garner her sympathy and assure her of her extreme loyalty and devotion, than everything would be alright, her desperation cries out to us down the centuries as we read her frantic letter, cleverly she put several strokes across it so it could not be tampered with, she was well aware that in this moment her life was in peril.
I look forward to these programs. I guess you have seen the movie ELIZABETH starring Cate Blanchette. I don't know of anyone who hasn't seen it. What is your opinion of this film?
It's a great film and I do love Cate as Elizabeth, but it does take lots of liberties.
@@anneboleynfiles ~ By liberties, do you mean the supposed illicit affair with her best friend Dudley? Thank you for responding.
I have a question. I don't know if you've answered this already, however, maybe this would be an idea for a video. Mary I.......was she close to her mother, Catherine of Aragon? Love your videos. Thank you.
Elizabeth would have been in her early 20s. A strong young woman. So proud of our great British history. Thanks for bringing it to life.
Just FYI. Queen Mary, the I, the first queen of England to rule in her own, it is also part of British history that you should be proud of.
A lovely video, Claire: Thank you! A question: Was this famous letter "Letter-locked"? Did Elizabeth add the Tudor equivalent of locking the letter with special folds and slips of paper & sealing wax to keep it secure? Because if she did so, that process would absorb a fair amount of time....
The link to the picture of the letter?
Here you go - www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/elizabeth-monarchy/the-tide-letter/
It is a shame that Elizabeth didn't remember this when she was dealing with Mary Queen of Scots
Was Elizabeth treated well when she was in the Tower? She had her ladies with her? At the very least Kat Ashley?
Claire is there any record of what Elizabeth thought of Henry? We know about the ring she wore with Anne's picture and favored her Boylen relatives.
I love Mary and Elizabeth for totally different reasons but it is so hard for me to imagine how one could imprison their own relatives. Did Mary hate Elizabeth for the way Anne push Katgerine from Henry's heart?
I think Mary did have some resentment towards Elizabeth. But, I think she also had a deep sisterly love for her as well. Sometimes, there's a lot of gray area between what's black and white.
R Pigeon FabNayNay That makes sense. Thank you.
I also believe Mary really loved Elizabeth. She had been deprived of all her dearest familial connections, both mother & father, & other relations were elsewhere or dying (as in Aunts Margaret & Mary). Mary was 17 when Elizabeth was born, old enough to have been the child's mother in that era. And as year after year went by, with no marriage in sight & no babes of her own to love, her heart must have yearned towards the little girl. And then, once Anne Boleyn was gone & Elizabeth was in the same leaky boat with Mary, she must have felt a pang of pity, even for her enemy's child. Remember that, at three, Elizabeth was far from the canny, shrewd stateswoman we remember her as being. It must have warmed poor Mary to her marrow to see the little child, whenever they met, light up & cry "Mary!" & run to her with her arms outstretched! Who else did that? Many years later, abandoned by her husband, sick, dying, with every member of her council badgering her to save her Church in England, along with the souls of her people, pounding it into her head every day that Elizabeth must die, what else could have saved the princess? Only Mary's natural & tender love stood between Elizabeth & death. Fortunately, it was enough. Let us all shed one tear, at least, for Mary. She deserves it. 😔 💔 😢
Does the roof noise interfere with your sleep?
No, it only does it in the sun and we don't sleep in that room. I don't even notice the noise but some people have complained about it in my videos, so I just wanted to explain. Our house is on lots of different levels going up the mountain side so we have 6 different roofs.
Sad that Elizabeth did not give Mary Queen of Scots the grace of an audience.
Maj has a good life! Lucky cat...
It is ironic and tragic that Mary Queen of Scots desired an audience with her cousin, in vain, for nineteen years.
You have such pretty blouses. I like your taste in clothes.
I feel really bad for the Grey family especially Katherine Grey she should have been released by Elizabeth I but she was unfairly treated
Alice Cooper Katherine grey was the author of her own downfall, she thought she had more right than Elizabeth to the throne and wasn’t very humble to the queen remember it was being thought that Katherine grey was going to made heir to the throne instead of Elizabeth. It was madness for someone so close to the throne to marry without the queens permission.