Queen Elizabeth I
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Queen Elizabeth I

Life & Legacy of the Virgin Queen

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Queen Elizabeth I

Life & Legacy of the Virgin Queen

About this book

The forty-four-year reign of Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry VIII and the last Tudor monarch, was considered a golden age. It saw the emergence of the great playwrights such as William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe, while the exploits of Sir Francis Drake and other 'sea-dogs' helped establish England's position among the great maritime powers. This book looks at Elizabeth's life through some of the many artifacts, buildings, documents and institutions that survive to this day. From the execution of her mother, Ann Boleyn, when she was just two-and-a-half-years-old, to her imprisonment on suspicion of supporting Protestant rebels, Elizabeth's early life was a turbulent one, but her accession to the throne ushered in a period of stability. During her reign, England's wealth and prestige grew through her patronage of seafaring privateers such as Drake, John Hawkins and Walter Raleigh. She encouraged the exploration and colonialization of North America, marking the birth of the British Empire and the establishment of British trade routes. Elizabeth was responsible for expanding the English Navy, its defeat of the Spanish Armada being considered one of England's greatest military victories. In this magnificently illustrated book we see her birthplace at Greenwich Palace, her childhood homes, her prison in the Tower of London, the palaces she lived in, ruins of stately homes she visited, such as Gorhambury House, Kenilworth House, Upnor Castle and the Elizabethan town walls at Berwick, the many fortifications built during her reign to defend her realm, through to her final resting place in Westminster Abbey. Also found in this fascinating volume are books that she presented to her father and step-mother, Katherine Parr, with the binding embroidered by Elizabeth, her clothes, letters she wrote in her own hand, her coronation chair, her coat of arms asserting her title as Governor of the Church of England and her signature signing the death warrant of her cousin, the 4th Duke of Norfolk. This book is not just a journey back in time to the reign of Elizabeth I, but also a tour across the country to visit the sites which still evoke that golden era of the Virgin Queen.

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Information

Publisher
Frontline Books
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781399018388
Topic
History
Subtopic
Historical Biographies
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Book Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Chapter 1 Memorial Commemorating the Birth of Queen Elizabeth I, Royal Naval College, Greenwich
  8. Chapter 2 Portrait of Henry VIII
  9. Chapter 3 Old Palace, Hatfield
  10. Chapter 4 Eltham Palace
  11. Chapter 5 Tower Green
  12. Chapter 6 Hunsdon House
  13. Chapter 7 The Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace
  14. Chapter 8 Embroidered Bookbinding, The Mirror of the Sinful Soul
  15. Chapter 9 Painting, The Family of Henry VIII
  16. Chapter 10 Prayers and Meditations of Queen Katherine Parr, Cover Embroidered and Translation by Princess Elizabeth
  17. Chapter 11 Portrait of Princess Elizabeth, c. 1546
  18. Chapter 12 Tomb of Henry VIII
  19. Chapter 13 Plaque Commemorating Henry VIII’s Manor House at Chelsea
  20. Chapter 14 Katherine Parr’s Tomb
  21. Chapter 15 Statue of Edward VI, St Thomas’s Hospital, London
  22. Chapter 16 Letter Written by Princess Elizabeth to her Brother, King Edward VI
  23. Chapter 17 Portrait Medal of Mary Tudor
  24. Chapter 18 Steps of Whitehall Palace
  25. Chapter 19 Model of the Medieval London Bridge (St Magnus the Martyr Church, London)
  26. Chapter 20 Traitor’s Gate
  27. Chapter 21 The Bell Tower
  28. Chapter 22 Queen Mary’s Chair
  29. Chapter 23 Martyrs’ Cross
  30. Chapter 24 Hampton Court Palace
  31. Chapter 25 Queen Elizabeth’s Oak Tree, Hatfield
  32. Chapter 26 The Great Hall, Old Palace, Hatfield
  33. Chapter 27 Charterhouse, London
  34. Chapter 28 Medieval London Wall, Cripplegate
  35. Chapter 29 Queen’s Stairs, Tower of London
  36. Chapter 30 Drawing of the Coronation Procession
  37. Chapter 31 Statue of Elizabeth I
  38. Chapter 32 The Coronation Chair
  39. Chapter 33 Westminster Hall
  40. Chapter 34 Engraving Depicting Elizabeth I Opening Parliament
  41. Chapter 35 The Tudor Royal Coat of Arms of Elizabeth I
  42. Chapter 36 Upnor Castle
  43. Chapter 37 Elizabethan Town Walls, Berwick-upon-Tweed
  44. Chapter 38 Statue of Mary, Queen of Scots, Linlithgow Palace
  45. Chapter 39 Giant’s Brae, Leith
  46. Chapter 40 Oil Painting, Elizabeth I and Leicester
  47. Chapter 41 Coin Bearing Image of Elizabeth I
  48. Chapter 42 Queen Elizabeth I Smallpox Medallion
  49. Chapter 43 Windsor Castle
  50. Chapter 44 King’s College Chapel,Cambridge
  51. Chapter 45 Abolition of Slavery Memorial, Ponce, Puerto Rico
  52. Chapter 46 Lochleven Castle
  53. Chapter 47 Durham Cathedral
  54. Chapter 48 Tomb of Pope Pius V
  55. Chapter 49 Frieze Sculpture of Elizabeth I
  56. Chapter 50 Map of Elizabethan London
  57. Chapter 51 The Rack
  58. Chapter 52 Tower Hill, London
  59. Chapter 53 Interior of the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula
  60. Chapter 54 Ruins of Old Gorhambury House
  61. Chapter 55 Coat of Arms of Elizabeth I, Sandwich
  62. Chapter 56 Old Palace, Canterbury
  63. Chapter 57 Execution Site, Smithfield
  64. Chapter 58 Kenilworth Castle
  65. Chapter 59 ‘Pelican Portrait’ of Elizabeth I
  66. Chapter 60 Replica of the Golden Hinde
  67. Chapter 61 St Mary the Virgin Church, Mortlake and Monument to Dr John Dee
  68. Chapter 62 Tableau of Queen Elizabeth Knighting Sir Francis Drake
  69. Chapter 63 Tudor Wine Cellar, Whitehall Palace
  70. Chapter 64 Surviving Wall of Oatlands Palace
  71. Chapter 65 Beccles Town Sign
  72. Chapter 66 Statue of Sir Walter Raleigh
  73. Chapter 67 Second Great Seal of Elizabeth I
  74. Chapter 68 Coded Letter Relating to the Babington Plot
  75. Chapter 69 Remains of Fotheringhay Castle
  76. Chapter 70 Statue of James VI of Scotland
  77. Chapter 71 Queen Elizabeth’s Dockyard at Chatham
  78. Chapter 72 Replica of the Spanish Galleon El Galeon
  79. Chapter 73 Drake Statue, Plymouth Hoe
  80. Chapter 74 Cigarette Card Featuring the Image of the Ark Royal
  81. Chapter 75 Signalling Beacons
  82. Chapter 76 Painting, Elizabeth I and the Spanish Armada
  83. Chapter 77 St James’s Palace
  84. Chapter 78 Tilbury Fort
  85. Chapter 79 Engraving of Elizabeth Arriving at Tilbury Fort
  86. Chapter 80 Tomb of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
  87. Chapter 81 Spanish Bronze Siege Gun
  88. Chapter 82 Spanish Armada Memorial at Streedagh, Sligo, Ireland
  89. Chapter 83 The ‘Armada Portrait’
  90. Chapter 85 Model of Greenwich Tiltyard
  91. Chapter 86 Armour Garniture of George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland
  92. Chapter 87 Monument to Blanche Parry, St Faith’s Church, Bacton
  93. Chapter 88 Chislehurst Town Sign
  94. Chapter 89 Elizabeth’s Lost Dress
  95. Chapter 90 The ‘Rainbow Portrait’ of Elizabeth I
  96. Chapter 91 Nonsuch Palace Marker in Nonsuch Park, Surrey
  97. Chapter 92 Shakespeare Memorial, Stratford-upon-Avon
  98. Chapter 93 Queen Elizabeth’s Kitchen
  99. Chapter 94 The Essex Ring
  100. Chapter 95 Block and Axe
  101. Chapter 96 Gatehouse, Richmond Palace
  102. Chapter 97 nPainting, The Death of Elizabeth I
  103. Chapter 98 Queen Elizabeth’s Locket Ring
  104. Chapter 99 Engraving of Funeral Procession of Elizabeth I
  105. Chapter 100 Tomb of Elizabeth I
  106. Notes
  107. Bibliography
  108. Back Cover