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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 | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Wealth and Poverty | Elizabeth Clinton Countess of Lincoln | After a dozen years of marriage, however, her parents-in-law were being pressed by the Privy Council
(at the behest of Queen Elizabeth
) to provide suitable accommodation for the young couple and their growing family. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| 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 |
| Textual Production | Mary Sidney Herbert Countess of Pembroke | Queen Elizabeth
was to visit Wilton House, and for the occasion Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke
, wrote a brief pastoral dialogue or eclogue: Thenot and Piers in Praise of Astrea. Waller, Gary F. Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke: A Critical Study of Her Writings and Literary Milieu. University of Salzburg, 1979, http://BLC. 80 |
| 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 |
| Publishing | Mary Sidney Herbert Countess of Pembroke | Her version of the opening two chapters of Petrarch's Triumph of Death was first (very inaccurately) published in 1912. Waller, Gary F. Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke: A Critical Study of Her Writings and Literary Milieu. University of Salzburg, 1979, http://BLC. 143 |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Mary Lady Chudleigh | MLC
's occasions include the public and private. She opens with an ode on the recent death of the queen's only surviving child
, in which the speaker, unconventionally, rejects the consolation duly offered by... |
| 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... |
| Textual Production | Sydney Owenson Lady Morgan | She was working on the research for this novel before she married; the work was interrupted by her father's death in May 1812. After it she wrote: He was the object for which I laboured... |
| Textual Features | Sydney Owenson Lady Morgan | One of this novel's topics is concealed identity (which results in repeated changes of name for several central characters). As the story opens, two men land at Dublin (which they find desolate, poverty-struck by the... |
| politics | Elizabeth Oxenbridge Lady Tyrwhit | Elizabeth Tyrwhit
and her husband
were given custody for a few months of Princess, later Queen, Elizabeth
, replacing her governess Katherine Astley
—who, however, was then reinstated. Tyrwhit, Elizabeth Oxenbridge, Lady. “Introduction”. Elizabeth Tyrwhit’s Morning and Evening Prayers, edited by Susan M. Felch, Ashgate, 2008, pp. 1-51. 11-12 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Occupation | Elizabeth Oxenbridge Lady Tyrwhit | Elizabeth Tyrwhit
's life at Court took a different turn after Katherine Parr
's marriage to Henry VIII
(on 12 July 1543). She participated with the queen and a whole group of court ladies in... |
| Publishing | Elizabeth Oxenbridge Lady Tyrwhit | The work had been entered in the Stationers' Register some time during the year following 22 July 1569. Tyrwhit, Elizabeth Oxenbridge, Lady. “Introduction”. Elizabeth Tyrwhit’s Morning and Evening Prayers, edited by Susan M. Felch, Ashgate, 2008, pp. 1-51. 50n17 |
| Textual Production | Elizabeth Oxenbridge Lady Tyrwhit | Tyrwhit's collection of prayers is thought to date from the mid 1550s, and tradition suggests that it was written for the future Queen Elizabeth I
during her imprisonment by her sister Queen Mary
, but... |
| Textual Production | Lucy Aikin | With her Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, published in two volumes, LA
launched her work in the particular style of history for which she is best known. Quarterly Review. J. Murray. 18: 542 |
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...
National or international item
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.