Was Elizabeth I an absolute ruler?

What sort of a ruler was Elizabeth 1?

• Answer:

  Elizabeth was not a typical women she was not married. She had made loads of enimies. She was a protestant. Elizabeth was the grestest ruler in england, Her reign was an unprecendented period of personal power and success, largely through the charisma of Elizabeth herself. Under Elizabeth, England took its place as one of the leaders of the world, but that success and prosperity also contributed to the changes which heralded the gradual diminution of monarchical power. Because of Elizabeth's personal popularity and political savvy, she was able to avoid most of the problems faced by her successors. But Elizabeth had to sometimes appeal to Parliament for funding to carry out her policies, and their approval wasn't always easily achieved. When her successors on the throne lacked her advantages, the conflicts between Parliament and the monarch became more frequent and rancorous, leading to the Civil War less than half a century after Elizabeth's death. And while the monarchy was restored, the kings and queens who followed had much less power than she did. http://wiki.answers.com/Why_was_queen_elizabeth_the_first_the_greatest_ruler_in_england#ixzz1QIs9g96t