In the fourth and final week of the HistoryExtra Academy Elizabethans course, Professor Tracy Borman explores the last days of the Virgin Queen, and looks at the long list of prospective monarchs waiting to take her place
Discover more learning from week four of the HistoryExtra Elizabethans course
Elizabeth I: the monarch behind the mask – reading time 11 mins
King James VI and I: your guide to the first Stuart monarch of England – reading time 9 mins
Bess of Hardwick: schemer, social climber, scourge of Elizabeth I – reading time 13 mins
James VI and I: life of the week – listening time 44 mins