Bouzid, NajiaBadi, Rima2020-12-092020-12-092020http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/9544It is undeniable that Protestant England came closer to the Islamic World under Queen Elizabeth I than at any other time in its history up until today. This dissertation examines the split between Catholics and Protestants in the fifteenth century which led the pope to decide to excommunicate Elizabeth, and consequently, the catholic powers of Europe turned their back on her and cut her off. The late decision forced the queen to reconsider England's position in the world, as she decided to ally England with the most powerful Muslim empires of Morocco, Persia and the Ottomans. These alliances shows how there was real enthusiasm for a Protestant-Islamic connection to oppose the papacy and the Catholic power of Spain, with different intentions between friendship and power, that results the rise of England as mighty European power by the seventeenth century.enProtestant EnglandIslamic worldCatholic europeExcommunicationFriendshipOther