# Queen Elizabeth I — The Wealth of Nations character guide

> Queen Elizabeth I in The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth

**First appearance:** 0020-digression-concerning-the-variations-in-the-value-of-silver-during-the-course-of-the-four-last-centuries

## Who they are

English queen cited for economic policies.

## In the story

### [V: Of the Real and Nominal Price of Commodities, or of Their Price in Labour, and Their Price in Money](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wealth_of_nations_se/chapters/v-of-the-real-and-nominal-price-of-commodities-or-of-their-price-in-labour-and-their-price-in-money)

Mentioned in the context of the 18th Elizabeth act requiring college rents to be reserved in corn.

### [IX: Of the Profits of Stock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wealth_of_nations_se/chapters/ix-of-the-profits-of-stock)

Her 13th year revived Henry VIII's statute on interest.

### [Effects of the Progress of Improvement Upon the Real Price of Manufactures](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wealth_of_nations_se/chapters/effects-of-the-progress-of-improvement-upon-the-real-price-of-manufactures)

Mentioned as the first person in England to wear stockings, received as a gift from the Spanish ambassador.

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