The Elizabethan era in the 16th century was one of adventure, intrigue, personalities, plots and power struggles. At the centre was Queen Elizabeth I, ‘The Virgin Queen’ and the latter part of ...

towards this end culminated in the 1601 Elizabethan Poor Law. She could speak numerous languages. In addition to her native English, Queen Elizabeth I was known to be fluent in French, Italian ...

The unknowable value and fluctuating status of the pearl enabled it to emblemise the differing depictions of female identity in the early modern court”. Mya Downing explores the symbolism of pearls in ...

Elizabethan society was divided into a hierarchy ... Four plots attempted to get rid of Queen Elizabeth and replace her with her Catholic cousin, Mary Queen of Scots. In reaction to these plots ...

Two paintings by the Portuguese painter Paula Rego have replaced portraits of Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Walter ... one of the ...