Elizabeth I and her age : authoritative texts commentary and criticism The princess Elizabeth (1533 1558) Coronation and the problems of legitimacy religion and succession (1559 1566) Mary Stuart the Northern Rebellion and Protestant discontent (1567 1571) Changing alliances (1572 1577) The French marriage negotiations (1578 1582) Courtiers assassins and the death of Mary Stuart (1582 1587) The Spanish Armada and its aftermath (1588 1592) A changing court and aging queen (1592 1597) Ireland rebellion and the passing of the Queen (1598 1603) Lingering images of the Queen Remembering Elizabeth : early accounts of the Queen (1577 1848) Modern scholarship and criticism