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