Elizabeth I

This region has an interesting history which led to Mercator producing a map focused on it. When Queen Elizabeth I forced Earl of Desmond, Gerald Fitzgerald, to renounce all his righ...

This region has an interesting history which led to Mercator producing a map focused on it. When Queen Elizabeth I forced Earl of Desmond, Gerald Fitzgerald, to renounce all his righ...

His leadership as Lord Protector restored England’s status as a leading European power, a position it had lost after Queen Elizabeth I’s death. Cromwell’s military successes both do...

Instead, he created a collection of entirely new works, including this centrepiece, a rock crystal ewer, a model of Queen Elizabeth I, and a celebrated bouquet of jewelled flowers.

Edmund Campion, Robert Sherwin, and Alexander Briant were all prominent Jesuit figures who were executed in 1581 for their efforts to propagate Catholicism in England during a time o...

The Cameo Jewellery Golden Era Although cameos have been esteemed throughout history (Queen Elizabeth I and Napoleon Bonaparte were famously both avid collectors), the heyday of came...

In 1600, it received a Royal Charter from Queen Elizabeth I granting it a trade monopoly with that region for 15 years.

There is a theory that some or even all of Shakespeare's plays were written by Francis Bacon, although this is not believed to be true by most Shakespeare scholars. Bacon became Eliz...

The monastery was dissolved in 1559, and the church was made a royal peculiar – a Church of England church, accountable directly to the sovereign – by Elizabeth I. The abbey, the Pal...

Built for William Cecil, Lord High Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I, the house represents one of the finest surviving examples of Tudor architecture.

King Henry VIII visited Cowdray on a number of occasions, as did Edward VI in 1552 (when he is reported to have complained on the food being too rich) - whilst Queen Elizabeth I's vi...

They are a his and hers pair as mentioned so they are slightly different sizes and finishes to the carving, this was quite common For those of you that are unaware of Howard &a...

Andy said, "I'm not trying to look beautiful like Elizabeth Taylor, I'm trying to show what it feels like to be beautiful like Elizabeth Taylor."

The principal chess figures depict Emperor Napoleon I, Empress Joséphine, Emperor Alexander I, and Empress Elizabeth Alexeievna, all executed with precise portrait likeness.

Cliveden has not only been a residence for members of the British Royal family but as a political powerhouse has hosted royalty from King George I to Queen Elizabeth II. Condition. ...

The upper scene depicts the Birth of John the Baptist (Luke I, 57–66). Elizabeth presents the newborn child as relatives and neighbors gather around.

Sponsored by a dedicated ally, Mrs. Elizabeth Green, Jones, along with Freda and Green, embarked on an eastward road trip.

In 1920 he married a childhood friend, Elizabeth Sinclair, who had been widowed during World War I.

Lisa Verberght / Women Management. Alexandra Elizabeth / Storm. – Magazine: i-D Magazine. – Clothes: Carven (Jumpers, Skirt, Belt), Miu Miu (Skirt, Shoes), Prada (Underwear), Dior (S...

Each of these ads, designed by a different artist - among them, Arthur I. Keller, Elizabeth Shippen Green, Clarence F. Underwood, and Sarah Stillwell Weber -- suggested that the warm...

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