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National Maritime Museum: Elizabeth I
Read an article about Queen Elizabeth I regarding her glorious 45-year reign.
BBC
Bbc: Elizabeth's Spy Network
An article about the plots around Elizabeth I and her sophisticated spy ring. Archived.
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Britannia History: Elizabeth I: A Queen With the Heart of a King
Very informative site about Elizabeth I including her religious and political reform, political strategies and her effect on English society during her reign. Contains links to other British history sites.
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National Portrait Gallery: The Phoenix and the Pelican
"The Phoenix and The Pelican: Two Portraits of Elizabeth I, c. 1575" describes two remarkable portraits by Nicholas Hilliard. You will learn how the portraits are related and some of the ways the portraits were changed from their...
University of Victoria (Canada)
Internetshakespeare: Elizabeth I and the Earl of Essex
Find out more about Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, who was the Queen's favourite during her declining years. His excessive popularity and his blatant attempts to misuse royal patronage brought an inevitable fall from grace. A brief but...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: The English, American Beginnings: 1492 1690
Six poems written by navigators and included by George Peckham, and Richard Hakluyt's argument to promote British settlement in North America. Both documents were directed to Queen Elizabeth I in an effort to promote British involvement...
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Elizabethan Theatre [Ppt]
A short slideshow prepared by two British students looking at why theater developed so much during Queen Elizabeth I's reign. Provides information about playwrights who were prominent during this time period.
BBC
Bbc History: British History: Tudors: Anne Boleyn and the Downfall of Her Family
This six-part article describes the rise and fall of Anne Boleyn, the first English queen to be publicly executed by her husband, Henry VIII. Five hundred years after her death, her tragic tale is still the subject of historians and the...
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