King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I were two monarchs who both ruled England, but lived both their lives differently and had many different beliefs in the way they ruled. Henry VIII was a lazy, greedy ruler, who was known to have married six wives and tax people for money he needed. Elizabeth I was known as the “Virgin Queen”, have married nobody, and had a primary focus on helping the country by further expanding and improving the country financially. Although these two rulers were different in the way they both ruled England, they applied similar laws and had a firm want to improve the country. Henry VIII was a very lazy ruler, and most of the time he had people do things for him. He loved to spoil himself by dressing with jewels and filling his riches. He did so by heavily taxing the people and removing monasteries-which he received money from as well as land. Queen Elizabeth I was a …show more content…
When her mother was executed, Elizabeth had not felt sad, and easily coped with not having a mother for the rest of her life. Growing up as a child, Elizabeth was a very intelligent little girl, who learned to fluently speak 6 languages, and read books in those languages. She learned to speak French, Spanish, Greek, Italian, Latin and Flemish, as well as her native English language. As a woman, she had opportunities unlike other women at the time, where she studied theology, astronomy, physics, and other subjects in which she excelled in. Henry VIII as a child was quite athletic and enjoyed art, music, and culture. He was highly educated-with his own private tutor-and was quite humorous most of the time. He loved to gamble and joust, holding his own banquets and tournaments. Both Elizabeth and Henry in their youth lived quite sophisticated lifestyles and were given a good education to help them as a future