CHAPTER XXVIII

ELIZABETH (xiii), 1558-1603--ASPECTS OF THE REIGN Features of the Reign-- Religion: State and Church--The State and the Catholics--The Church and the Puritans--Archbishop Whitgift--The Persecutions--Economic Progress--Retrenchment--Wealth and Poverty--Trade Restrictions and Development--Travellers--Maritime Expansion--The Constitution-- Elizabeth: her People--her Ministers--Appreciation.

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A--TABLES

I. CONTEMPORARY RULERS--1475-1542 II. CONTEMPORARY RULERS--1542-1603 III. THE LENNOX STEWARTS IV. HOWARDS AND BOLEYNS V. HABSBURGS VI. VALOIS AND BOURBONS VII. GUISES DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD III. THE PORTUGUESE SUCCESSION

APPENDIX B

CLAIMS TO THE THRONE