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Queen Elizabeth I
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Standard Name: Elizabeth I, Queen
Birth Name: Elizabeth Tudor
Royal Name: Elizabeth I
QEI
was a scholar by training and inclination (who wrote translations both as learning exercises and for recreation), as well as a writer in many genres and several languages. As monarch she wrote speeches, and all her life she wrote letters, poems, and prayers. (Some of these categories occasionally overlap.) Once her writing moved beyond the dutifulness of her youth, she had a pungent and forceful style both in prose and poetry.
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Birth | Lady Arbella Stuart | LAS
was born, under the displeasure of Queen Elizabeth
. Her most likely birthplace is Lennox House in Hackney (now part of London). Stuart, Lady Arbella. “Introduction and Textual Introduction”. The Letters of Lady Arbella Stuart, edited by Sara Jayne Steen et al., Oxford University Press, 1994, pp. 1-113. 14 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Cultural formation | Vita Sackville-West | She was born into the noble Sackville family, one of the oldest-established in England. Her father, the third Baron Sackville, inherited Knole, the estate given to |
| Cultural formation | Aemilia Lanyer | She belonged to the closely-defined group of artists and performers dependent first on Henry
's, then Elizabeth
's, court. She and her family were probably Protestant in sympathies. Woods, Susanne. Lanyer: A Renaissance Woman Poet. Oxford University Press, 1999. 4-8 |
| Dedications | Mary Sidney Herbert Countess of Pembroke | Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke
, presented a fine copy of the psalms written by herself and her brother
to Queen Elizabeth
, with a dedication to her. Hannay, Margaret P. Philip’s Phoenix: Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke. Oxford University Press, 1990, http://U of A HSS. 95 |
| Education | Lady Anne Clifford | LAC
was educated first by a governess, Anne Taylor
. Between the ages of nine and twelve she was tutored by the poet Samuel Daniel
, whom her mother engaged for that purpose. But she... |
| Education | Mary Basset | Mary Roper (later MB
) was taught as a child to read Greek and Latin. Her mother tried to get Roger Ascham
to teach her, but found him unwilling to leave Cambridge University. (He did... |
| Education | Lady Mary Wroth | LMW
and her siblings were well educated, in learning . . . fit for their birth and condition. Roberts, Josephine A., and Lady Mary Wroth. “Introduction and Notes”. The Poems of Lady Mary Wroth, Louisiana State University Press, 1983, pp. 3 - 75, 219. 8 Roberts, Josephine A., and Lady Mary Wroth. “Introduction and Notes”. The Poems of Lady Mary Wroth, Louisiana State University Press, 1983, pp. 3 - 75, 219. 8 |
| Employer | Christopher Marlowe | Meanwhile records from summer 1587 indicate that Marlowe was already performing valuable secret services for the queen
: that is, he was employed as an intelligence agent or spy, perhaps in the network which Sir Francis Walsingham |
| Employer | Lady Arbella Stuart | LAS
became a Maid of Honour to Queen Elizabeth
in 1588, but with unspoken restrictions on her conduct. She was quite soon dismissed for infringing them. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Employer | Sir Philip Sidney | On his first return from his travels SPS
became a courtier to Elizabeth I
, for whom he subsequently conducted diplomatic business with monarchs and others abroad. He also gave the queen gifts, appeared at... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Sidney Herbert Countess of Pembroke | Mary Sidney's famous uncle, the Earl of Leicester
, was one of Elizabeth
's leading courtiers during Mary's youth, and a patron of actors. Of her mother's other two brothers, one became an earl as... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Sidney Herbert Countess of Pembroke | A few months later Mary came to London, to Elizabeth
's court. Hannay, Margaret P. Philip’s Phoenix: Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke. Oxford University Press, 1990, http://U of A HSS. 31-2 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Grace Lady Mildmay | After the wedding Anthony was active in royal service and often away from home: for the first twenty years of the marriage he was elsewhere for about half of the time. He was knighted in... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Lady Margaret Sackville | Vita Sackville-West
was LMS
's second cousin: Queen Elizabeth I
had presented their common ancestor, Thomas Sackville
(a minor writer), with Knole, near Sevenoaks, the estate that Vita was barred from inheriting because of... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Margaret Roper | The family of Thomas More
were merchants and lawyers of London's bourgeois ruling class: Thomas duly became a lawyer and out of personal passion became a scholar of the new humanist learning. He married again... |
Timeline
889-899: King Alfred's last decade was a kind of renaissance...
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889-899
King Alfred
's last decade was a kind of renaissance of learning in his kingdom of Wessex.
Morgan, Kenneth O., editor. The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain. Oxford University Press, 1984.
84-5
12 April 1533: Anne Boleyn, already secretly married to...
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12 April 1533
Anne Boleyn
, already secretly married to Henry VIII
, was publicly recognised as his consort in the public celebrations of the end of Lent.
Bossy, John. “The Skull from Outer Space”. London Review of Books, 20 Feb. 2003, pp. 29-30.
29, 30
19 May 1536: Anne Boleyn, mother of the future Queen Elizabeth,...
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19 May 1536
Anne Boleyn
, mother of the future Queen Elizabeth
, was executed in London for alleged high treason.
Guy, John. “The Tudor Age (1485-1603)”. Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, edited by Kenneth O. Morgan, Oxford University Press, 1984, pp. 223-85.
251
1538: Royal Injunctions appeared: a radical, Erasmian...
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1538
Royal Injunctions appeared: a radical, Erasmian
document whose first provision was that an English bible should be made available in every parish church.
Powell, Ken, and Chris Cook. English Historical Facts: 1485-1603. Macmillan, 1977.
111
MacCulloch, Diarmaid. “How good is it?”. London Review of Books, Vol.
33
, No. 3, 3 Feb. 2011, pp. 20-2. 20-1
Smyth, Adam. “23153.8; 19897.7; 15635”. London Review of Books, Vol.
37
, No. 16, 27 Aug. 2015, pp. 37-9. 38
June 1554: An eighteen-year-old servant, Elizabeth Croft,...
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June 1554
An eighteen-year-old servant, Elizabeth Croft
, confessed in front of a crowd gathered at St Paul's Cross in London that she had taken part in a hoax, playing a supernatural voice that spoke from a...
17 November 1558: Queen Mary I died, and Elizabeth I assumed...
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17 November 1558
Queen Mary I
died, and Elizabeth I
assumed the throne of England and Wales.
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
43
Guy, John. “The Tudor Age (1485-1603)”. Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, edited by Kenneth O. Morgan, Oxford University Press, 1984, pp. 223-85.
264
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
152
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
425
1559: Negotiating between opposing factions, Elizabeth...
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1559
Negotiating between opposing factions, Elizabeth I
sought to establish the English Church under her headship; Thomas Cranmer
's Prayer Book of 1552 became the official Book of Common Prayer.
Guy, John. “The Tudor Age (1485-1603)”. Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, edited by Kenneth O. Morgan, Oxford University Press, 1984, pp. 223-85.
265, 274
1560: The complete Geneva Bible appeared, translated...
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1560
The complete GenevaBible appeared, translated by English Protestant exiles from the reign of Mary
: the first accessible or mass-circulation edition of the Bible in English, with small format and roman (not gothic) print.
Bible. Cambridge University Press, 1997.
MacCulloch, Diarmaid. “How good is it?”. London Review of Books, Vol.
33
, No. 3, 3 Feb. 2011, pp. 20-2. 20
18 July 1564: The Merchant Adventurers' Company received...
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18 July 1564
The Merchant Adventurers' Company
received a new charter from Elizabeth I
that, among other things, incorporated the company in London, extended the geographical range of its dealings, and solified its status as a national...
May 1568: Mary Queen of Scots fled from Scotland to...
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May 1568
Mary Queen of Scots
fled from Scotland to England; she was imprisoned by Elizabeth I
after standing trial in October that year.
Guy, John. “The Tudor Age (1485-1603)”. Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, edited by Kenneth O. Morgan, Oxford University Press, 1984, pp. 223-85.
266
Lee, Sophia. The Recess. Editor Alliston, April, University Press of Kentucky, 2000.
335n28
1570: The Scholemaster was published, by Roger...
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1570
The Scholemaster was published, by Roger Ascham
, who had been tutor to Princess Elizabeth
.
Ascham, Roger. The Scholemaster. Editor Mayor, John E. B., AMS Press, 1967.
105
25 February 1570: Pope Pius V issued his papal bull Regnans...
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25 February 1570
Pope Pius V
issued his papal bull Regnans in excelsis, excommunicating Elizabeth I
and releasing her subjects from their allegiance to her.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
9-27 July 1575: Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, favourite...
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9-27 July 1575
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
, favourite of Queen Elizabeth
, threw a particularly magnificent entertainment for her at Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire.
Lee, Sophia. The Recess. Editor Alliston, April, University Press of Kentucky, 2000.
345n14
August 1578: Three female wax figures were found in a...
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August 1578
Three female wax figures were found in a London dunghill with bristles through the chest; the Spanish ambassador reported a widespread assumption that this was a witchcraft threat to the queen
's life.
Purkiss, Diane. The Witch in History: early modern and twentieth-century representations. Routledge, 1996.
185
1579: For the first time in Elizabeth's reign,...
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1579
For the first time in Elizabeth
's reign, the Jesuits
were expelled from England.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
697
Texts
Marguerite de Navarre,. A Godly Medytacyon of the Cristen Sowle. Translator Elizabeth I, Queen, Wesel D. van der Straten, 1548.
Elizabeth I, Queen. Elizabeth I: Collected Works. Editors Marcus, Leah S. et al., University of Chicago Press, 2000.
Shell, Marc et al. Elizabeth’s Glass. Translator Elizabeth I, Queen, University of Nebraska, 1993.
Marguerite de Navarre, and Marguerite de Navarre. The Mirrour or Glasse of the Sinful Soul. Translator Elizabeth I, Queen, 1544.
Elizabeth I, Queen. The Poems of Queen Elizabeth I. Editor Bradner, Leicester, Brown University Press, 1964.