The Elizabethan spirit outgrew the queen who had nurtured it

Evidence

Elizabeth was not the mistress but the mother of the temper we call Elizabethan, and she was as little able as most mothers to estimate her offspring. To the daring they had from her they added a determination of their own, a flaming imagination which was none of hers, and a thrust of ambition it would tax her to control. — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 72

Categorization

• SEED: A productive irony for an article or scene: the ruler who embodied ‘the Elizabethan age’ was pushed along by forces she never grasped, including Drake’s voyages.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 72
• XREF: connects to: Elizabeth’s bond with the English people was historically unprecedented in duration and intensity — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 47; Elizabeth’s reign saw the emergence of a national consciousness in England. — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 918; The ending of Elizabeth’s reign marked a shift in English government dynamics. — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 929 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• The ending of Elizabeth’s reign marked a shift in English government dynamics. #corroborates (0.75) — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 929
• Elizabeth’s reign saw the emergence of a national consciousness in England. #expands (0.70) — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 918