An Accessible Biography for a Level History Students That Concentrates on the Issues That Come Up Time and Time Again in the As and A2 Exams.; Why Historians Differ -- an Introduction to Interpretations and Historiography; a Brief Biography, Including a Timeline and an 'Understanding Elizabeth I' Box; Issue 1 How Consistent Was Her Foreign Policy?; Issue 2 Who Presented Her With the Greater Threat Catholics or Puritans?; Issue 3 How Much Power Did Her Parliaments Have?; Elizabeth I an Assessment; Further Reading; Index