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Elizabethan: Encyclopedia II - Elizabethan theatre - Genres

Genres of the period included the history play, which depicted English or European history. Shakespeare’s plays about the lives of kings, such as Richard III and Henry V belong to this category, as do Christopher Marlowe's Edward II. Tragedy was a popular genre. Marlowe's tragedies were exceptionally popular, such as Dr Faustus and The Jew of Malta. The audiences particularly liked revenge dramas, such as Thomas Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy. John Webster’s The Duchess of ...

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Chatsworth House - History

Chatsworth House - The Interiors

Chatsworth House - Chatsworth's garden

Elizabethan: Encyclopedia - British Empire

The British Empire was the world's first global power and the largest empire in history. It was a product of the European Age of Discovery that began with the global maritime empires of Portugal and Spain in the late 15th century. By 1921 the British Empire held sway over a population of about 470–570 million people—roughly a quarter of the world's population—and covered about 14.3 million square miles (more than 37 million km²), almost a third of the world's total land area. Though it has since almost completely disappeared, t ...

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British Empire - Background: The English and Scottish Empires

British Empire - British Colonial Policy

British Empire - The end of British rule in Ireland

British Empire - Extent after World War II

Elizabethan: Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (baptised April 26, 1564 – April 23, 1616) was an English poet and playwright. Shakespeare is considered by many to be the greatest writer in the English language, as well as one of the greatest in Western literature, and the world's preeminent dramatist. Shakespeare is believed to have produced most of his work between 1586 and 1616, although the exact dates and chronology of the plays attributed to him are often uncertain. He is counted among the very few playwrights who have excelled in both tragedy and comedy, and his plays combine popular appeal with complex ...

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William Shakespeare - Life

William Shakespeare - Works

William Shakespeare - Bibliography

William Shakespeare - Notes

Elizabethan: Encyclopedia - Angelic conversations

Angelic conversations is the collective name used to describe the diary entries of Elizabethan scholar John Dee who, via the scrying of medium Edward Kelly, believed that he was communicating with genuine Biblical Angels. Also known as the the Enochian communications. Other related archivesEdward Kelly, Enochian, John Dee, scrying

Elizabethan: Encyclopedia - Bradford carpet

The Bradford Carpet was made in the late 17th century and was originally belonged to the Earl of Bradford at Castle Bromwich. The carpet measures 16 x 6 feet. In the Victoria and Albert Museum it covers an entire wall. However, it was made neither for wall nor floor, but as a table covering. The carpet is worked in fine tent-stitch, a form of canvas work. It is a typical example of Elizabethan embroidery, due to the use of silk thread, and because of the depiction of rural life in a simple, realistic way. The field design is a grape vine trellis an ...

Elizabethan: Encyclopedia - Coif

A coif is a close fitting cap that covers the top, back, and sides of the head, worn by all classes in England and Scotland from the Middle Ages to the early seventeenth century (and later as an old-fashioned cap for countrywomen and young children). Tudor and earlier coifs are usually made of unadorned white linen and tie under the chin. In the Elizabethan and early Jacobean eras, coifs were frequently decorated with blackwork embroidery and lace edging. Coifs were worn under gable hoods and hats of all sorts, and a ...

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Elizabethan: Encyclopedia - Consort of instruments

A consort of instruments was a phrase used in England during the 16th and 17th centuries to indicate an instrumental ensemble. A consort may be "whole", that is, all instruments of the same family. For example, a set of viols played together would be considered a whole consort. A "broken" consort would consist of instruments from various families. For example, a broken consort could consist of viols and lute playing together. Composers of consort music during the Elizabethan era include John Dowland, Anthony Holborne, an ...

Elizabethan: Encyclopedia - Cahir Castle

One of the biggest castles in Ireland, Cahir Castle was built in 1142 by Conor O'Brien, Prince of Thomond, on an island in the river Suir. Now situated inside the town centre of Cahir, the castle is well preserved and has guided tour and audiovisual shows in multiple languages. In 1375, the castle was granted to Butler, newly-created Baron of Cahir, for his loyalty to Edward III. The Butlers of Cahir sided with the Irish in the Elizabethan wars, and in 1599 the castle was captured after ...

Elizabethan: Encyclopedia - Vestments controversy

The vestments controversy arose in the English Reformation, ostensibly concerning vestments, but more fundamentally concerned with English Protestant identity, doctrine, and various church practices. First initiated by John Hooper's rejection of clerical vestments in the Church of England under Edward VI and revived under Elizabeth I, the controversy sheds much light on the development of English forms of Puritanism and Anglicanism, though both of these are problematica ...

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Vestments controversy - The controversy during the reign of Edward VI

Vestments controversy - Reactions of protest in 1566

Elizabethan: Encyclopedia - Coronzon

According to Meric Casaubon’s ‘True and Faithful Relation…’ this is the spirit entity that can be found residing within the tenth Enochian Aethyr ZAX, reached by using one of the 48 Enochian calls. The Enochian system of ceremonial magic was the result of the crystal scrying exercises carried out by the 16th century Elizabethan astrologer and Magus John Dee while working with seer Edward Kelly. Although Casaubon’s book records the name as Coronzon the more famous spelling of the name is Choronzon, noting ...

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Elizabethan: Encyclopedia II - Elizabethan theatre - Writers

The growing population of London, the growing wealth of its people, and their fondness for spectacle produced a dramatic literature of remarkable variety, quality, and extent. Although most of the plays written for the Elizabethan stage have been lost, over 600 remain extant. The men (no woman, so far as is known, wrote for the stage in this era) who wrote these plays were primarily self-made men from modest backgrounds. Some of them had educations at either Oxford or Cambridge, but many did not. The university men often looked down o ...

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