Elizabeth I of England

Sir Martin Frobisher: The first gold rush

Once those pioneering sailors had brought news of strange new lands, all sorts of others saw opportunities of exploiting them...

29/11/2015

Well aware of this increase in realism, Henry VIII decided to choose his fourth wife from her portrait. Traditionally, dynastic...

08/07/2014

Pronunciation of words in Elizabethan English is a complicated matter, since linguistically it rests between the “say what you see”...

14/10/2012

Elizabeth I of England gained iconic status as the Virgin Queen. By refusing to bow to convention and take a...

11/03/2012

In theory what one may wear is governed by “Acts of Apparel”, detailed regulations with the force of law. Thus...

13/09/2011

French king Henri IV sent an emissary to the Paris home of his superintendent of finances, the Duc de Sully,...

20/05/2011

Many must have predicted a bleak future for England when the 22 year old princess Elizabeth succeeded her half sister...

15/05/2011