Encyclopedia - Elizabethan Theatre: 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 king...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elizabethan Theatre: Encyclopedia Ii - Elizabethan Theatre - History
Elizabethan theatre derived from several sources. A crucial source was the mystery plays that were part of religious festivals in England...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elizabethan Theatre: Encyclopedia Ii - Elizabethan Theatre - Performances
The stage on which Elizabethan plays were performed was essentially a platform surrounded on three sides by the audience, only the rear b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chatsworth House: Encyclopedia - Chatsworth House
Chatsworth House is a large country house 6½ miles (10.5 km) north-west of Matlock in Derbyshire, England, originally built by Bess of H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: 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 Discover...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (baptised April 26, 1564 – April 23, 1616) was an English poet and playwright. Shakespeare is considered by many to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angelic Conversations: 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 m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bradford Carpet: 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 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coif: 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 Midd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consort Of Instruments: 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 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cahir Castle: 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...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vestments Controversy: Encyclopedia - Vestments Controversy
The vestments controversy arose in the English Reformation, ostensibly concerning vestments, but more fundamentally concerned with Englis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coronzon: Encyclopedia - Coronzon
According to Meric Casaubon’s ‘True and Faithful Relation…’ this is the spirit entity that can be found residing within the tenth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elizabethan Theatre: 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 re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elizabethan Theatre: Encyclopedia Ii - Elizabethan Theatre - Finale
The rising Puritan movement was hostile to the theatres, which the Puritans considered to be sinful for several reasons. The most commonl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elizabethan Era: Encyclopedia Ii - Elizabethan Era - Fashion And The Domestic Arts
Elizabethan court fashion was heavily influenced by Spanish and French styles. Notable garments of this period include the farthingale fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Day Printer: Encyclopedia Ii - John Day Printer - Elizabethan Period
With the accession of Elizabeth I in 1558, Day began to produce more distinguished work. He printed William Cuningham's The Cosmographica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Reformation: Encyclopedia Ii - English Reformation - Background
Henry was a devout Roman Catholic and in 1521 he had defended the Papacy from Martin Luther's accusations of heresy in a book he wrote ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Reformation: Encyclopedia Ii - English Reformation - The Break With Rome
Henry therefore called a Parliament in 1529, to deal with the divorce, which lasted for seven years and has subsequently become to be kno...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakespeare's Life: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakespeare's Life - Early Life
William Shakespeare (also spelled Shakspere, Shaksper, and Shake-speare, due to the fact that Elizabethan spelling was very erratic[1]) w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexuality Of William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexuality Of William Shakespeare - Sexuality In The Sonnets
Shakespeare's Sonnets are the principal evidence for his possible bisexuality. The poems were initially published, perhaps without his ap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexuality Of William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexuality Of William Shakespeare - Biographical Evidence
There is little in the historical record about Shakespeare's sexuality. However, it has often been noted that despite their three childre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexuality Of William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexuality Of William Shakespeare - Sexuality In The Plays
Some readers have found similar evidence in Shakespeare's plays. The most often-cited evidence is several comedies, including Twelfth Nig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - William Shakespeare - Life
William Shakespeare - Early life. Willaim Shakespeare (also spelled Shakspere, Shaksper, and Shake-speare, due to the fact that Elizabe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - William Shakespeare - Life
William Shakespeare - Early life. William Shakespeare (also spelled Shakspere, Shaksper, and Shake-speare, due to the fact that Elizabe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - English Poetry - The Renaissance In England
The Renaissance was slow in coming to England, with the generally accepted start date being around 1509. It is also generally accepted th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theater Structure: Encyclopedia Ii - Theater Structure - History Of Theater Construction
Theater structure - Ancient Greece. Greek theatre buildings were called a theatron ('seeing place'). The theatres were large, open-air ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theater Structure: Encyclopedia Ii - Theater Structure - Basic Elements Of A Theatre Structure
All theatre structures, regardless of type, contain certain basic elements. The most important of these areas is the acting space general...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Drama: Encyclopedia Ii - Drama - Uses Of Drama Today
The most usual form of drama is as entertainment, see the article on Theatre for more information on this. However drama can also be used...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Day Printer: Encyclopedia Ii - John Day Printer - Early Career And Imprisonment
There is a long-standing tradition that Day was born in Dunwich, but there is no documentary evidence to support it. Day's origins and th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - English Poetry - Reference
Print Hamilton, Ian. The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English Online A Time-line of English poetry ... See also:...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Day Printer: Encyclopedia Ii - John Day Printer - Actes And Monuments
In 1563, Day undertook the work for which he is best known, John Foxe's Actes and Monuments. Day and Foxe probably met through Cecil, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Drama: Encyclopedia Ii - Drama - Greek Drama
The three types of drama composed in the city of Athens were tragedy, comedy, and satyrs. The origins of Athenian tragedy and comedy are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - English Poetry - English Poetry Now
The last three decades of the 20th century saw a number of short-lived poetic groupings such as the Martians. There was a growth in inter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Drama: Encyclopedia Ii - Drama - Japanese Drama
Japanese Noh drama is a serious dramatic form that combines drama, music, and dance into a complete aesthetic performance experience. It ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Drama: Encyclopedia Ii - Drama - Drama As A Tool For Education
There are many forms of Educational drama these all share one common goal, to create awareness or an understanding of an idea, or issue.T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - English Poetry - The Earliest English Poetry
The earliest known English poem is a hymn on the creation; Bede attributes this to Cædmon (fl. 658–680), who was, according to legend,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - English Poetry - The Anglo-norman Period And The Later Middle Ages
With the Norman conquest of England, beginning in 1066, the Anglo-Saxon language immediately lost its status; the new aristocracy spoke F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - English Poetry - The Restoration And 18th Century
It is perhaps ironic that Paradise Lost, a story of fallen pride, was the first major poem to appear in England after the Restoration. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - English Poetry - The Romantic Movement
The last quarter of the 18th century was a time of social and political turbulence, with revolutions in the United States, France, Irelan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chatsworth House: Encyclopedia Ii - Chatsworth House - Chatsworth's Garden
Chatsworth's garden is one of the most famous in the United Kingdom, and attracts around a third of a million visitors a year. It is a co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - English Poetry - The 20th Century
English poetry - The first three decades. The Victorian era continued into the early years of the 20th century and two figures emerged ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marian Exiles: Encyclopedia Ii - Marian Exiles - Geneva
Led mainly by Knox, the largest, most politically and theologically radical concentration of English exiles was at Geneva, reaching a pea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marian Exiles: Encyclopedia Ii - Marian Exiles - Frankfurt
The first English exile group in Frankfurt arrived on 27 June 1554. With the help of a local magistrate, they secured the use of a vacant...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Renaissance: Encyclopedia Ii - English Renaissance - Comparison Of The English And Italian Renaissances
The English Renaissance is distinct from the Italian Renaissance in several ways. First, the dominant art form of the English Renaissance...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Renaissance: Encyclopedia Ii - English Renaissance - Criticisms Of The Idea Of The English Renaissance
The notion of calling this period "the Renaissance" is a modern invention, having been popularized by the historian Jacob Burckhardt in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - Background: The English And Scottish Empires
British Empire - The Anglo-Norman Kingdom. In 1066, William, Duke of Normandy,(also known as Bastard because he was the products of a a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - Background: The English And Scottish Empires
British Empire - The Anglo-Norman Kingdom. In 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, (also known as William the Bastard because he was the pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - Remaining Overseas Territories
Main article: British overseas territory. Now only a few small territories remain under British administration, mostly for reasons of per...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - Britain And The Scramble For Africa
Main article: Scramble for Africa. In 1875 the two most important European holdings in Africa were French controlled Algeria and Britain'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - Colonization
In 1583 Sir Humphrey Gilbert claimed the island of Newfoundland as England's for Elizabeth I, reinforcing John Cabot's prior claim to the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - Free Trade And Informal Empire
Main article: Pax Britannica. The old British colonial system began to decline in the 18th century. During the long period of unbroken Wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - Breakdown Of Pax Britannica
As the first country to industrialise, Britain had been able to draw on most of the accessible world for raw materials and markets. But t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - Britain And The New Imperialism
Main article: New Imperialism. The policy and ideology of European colonial expansion between the 1870s and the outbreak of World War I i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - Home Rule In White-settler Colonies
Britain's empire had already begun its transformation into the modern Commonwealth with the extension of Dominion status to the already s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - The Impact Of The First World War
The aftermath of World War I saw the last major extension of British rule, with Britain gaining control through League of Nations Mandate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - Extent After World War Ii
During and after World War II Britain acquired control of further territories though most of these (except the Trust Territories) cannot ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - Personal Unions
British Empire - Kingdom of England 927 - 1707. Norway from 1016 to 1035 Denmark from 1016 to 1035 and again from 1040 to 1042 Normand...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - Extent
At what is usually considered its height in 1921, the British Empire consisted of the following territories: British Empire - Africa. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - British East India Company
Main article: British East India Company The British East India Company was probably the most successful chapter in the British Empire's ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakespeare's Life: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakespeare's Life - London And Theatrical Career
By 1592 Shakespeare was a playwright in London and had enough of a reputation for Robert Greene to denounce him as "an upstart Crow, beau...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - Decolonisation And Decline
The rise of anti-colonial nationalist movements in the subject territories and the changing economic situation of the world in the first ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakespeare's Life: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakespeare's Life - Later Years
Shakespeare retired in about 1611. His retirement was not entirely without controversy. He was drawn into a legal quarrel regarding the e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - Decolonisation And Decline
In the 1850s, the British Empire was challenged by the Indian Mutiny of 1857. In the 1880s, the British Empire again faced a challenge in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1550-1600 In Fashion: Encyclopedia Ii - 1550-1600 In Fashion - General Trends
The wide, broad-shouldered silhouette of the 1540s and 1550s gradually shifted to a tall, slender look. Sleeves and shoulders became narr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - William Shakespeare - Speculations About Shakespeare
William Shakespeare - Identity. Main articles: Shakespearean authorship, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - William Shakespeare - Speculations About Shakespeare
William Shakespeare - Identity. Main articles: Shakespearean authorship, and [[]], and [[]], and    » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1550-1600 In Fashion: Encyclopedia Ii - 1550-1600 In Fashion - Men's Fashion
1550-1600 in fashion - Overview. Men's fashionable clothing consisted of: A linen shirt with a ruff and matching wrist ruffs early, re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1550-1600 In Fashion: Encyclopedia Ii - 1550-1600 In Fashion - Women's Fashion
1550-1600 in fashion - Overview. The wide "trumpet" sleeves characteristic of Tudor England disappeared with the accession of Elizabeth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chatsworth House: Encyclopedia Ii - Chatsworth House - History
Chatsworth House - Outline of the structure of the present building. The building history and layout of Chatsworth are quite complex. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chatsworth House: Encyclopedia Ii - Chatsworth House - The Interiors
Chatsworth is not the sort of house which perfectly illustrates the architecture and interior decoration of one particular period. Its la...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chatsworth House: Encyclopedia Ii - Chatsworth House - The Stables
The stable block at Chatsworth, which is prominently situated on the rising ground to the north-east of the house, is almost as grand as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chatsworth House: Encyclopedia Ii - Chatsworth House - The Park The Woods And The Farmyard
Chatsworth's park covers about 1,000 acres (4 km²) and is open to the public free of charge all year-round, except for the south-east se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chatsworth House: Encyclopedia Ii - Chatsworth House - The Estate
Chatsworth is the hub of a 35,000-acre (142 km²) agricultural estate. The Chatsworth estate, together with 30,000 acres (121 km²) aroun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chatsworth House: Encyclopedia Ii - Chatsworth House - The Park, The Woods And The Farmyard
Chatsworth's park covers about 1,000 acres (4 km²) and is open to the public free of charge all year-round, except for the south-east se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - William Shakespeare - Style
Shakespeare's impact on modern theatre cannot be overestimated. Not only did Shakespeare create some of the most admired plays in Western...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nine Years War Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - Nine Years War Ireland - Sources
LENNON, Colm (March 1995). Sixteenth Century Ireland — The Incomplete Conquest, Dublin, St. Martin's Press. 0312124627. Hayes MCCOY, Ge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - William Shakespeare - Reputation
Shakespeare's reputation has grown considerably since his own time. During his lifetime and shortly after his death, Shakespeare was well...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - William Shakespeare - Bibliography
William Shakespeare - Comedies. Main articles: Shakespearean comedies, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - William Shakespeare - Bibliography
William Shakespeare - Comedies. Main articles: Shakespearean comedies, and [[]], and [[]], and [[]], and [[]] ... See also:William Sha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Country Wife: Encyclopedia Ii - The Country Wife - First Performance
The Country Wife was first performed in January 1675, by the King's Company, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. This luxurious playhouse, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ormonde Castle: Encyclopedia Ii - Ormonde Castle - History Of Ormonde Castle
Built before 1315, the original castle was acquired that year by the Butler Family—of whom James Butler would eventually be granted the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - William Shakespeare - Works
William Shakespeare - Plays. Main articles: Shakespeare's plays, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - William Shakespeare - Works
William Shakespeare - Plays. Main article: Shakespeare's plays A number of Shakespeare's plays have the reputation of being among the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vestments Controversy: Encyclopedia Ii - Vestments Controversy - Vestments Among The Marian Exiles
In the controversy among the Marian exiles, principally those in Frankfurt, church order and liturgy were the main issues of contention, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - William Shakespeare - Works
William Shakespeare - Plays. Main articles: Shakespeare's plays, and [[]], and [[]], and [[]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fantasia Lindum: Encyclopedia Ii - Fantasia Lindum - The Music
The music throughout the album features Amazing Blondel's unique blend of their own compositions with folk themes and renaissance music. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tudorbethan Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Tudorbethan Architecture - Half-timbering
From the 1880s onwards Tudorbethan concentrated more on the simple but quaintly picturesque Elizabethan cottage, rather than the brick an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Rebellion Of 1641: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Rebellion Of 1641 - Causes
The roots of the 1641 rebellion lie in the failure of the English State in Ireland to assimilate the native Irish elite in the wake of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Collar Clothing: Encyclopedia Ii - Collar Clothing - Origins
The Oxford English Dictionary traces collar in its modern meaning to c. 1300. Today's shirt collars descend from the ruffle created by th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edmund Spenser: Encyclopedia Ii - Edmund Spenser - Life
Spenser was born in 1552, and educated in London at the Merchant Taylors' School. He went to Ireland in the 1570s, during the Elizabethan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vestments Controversy: Encyclopedia Ii - Vestments Controversy - Sources
Vestments controversy - Primary. Digital facsimiles of many of the primary sources listed in this entry can be accessed through Early E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lord Flashheart: Encyclopedia Ii - Lord Flashheart - Character
The two Flashhearts are stereotypes of a certain kind of hero (the Elizabethan swashbuckler and the World War I Royal Flying Corps hotsho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peter Warlock: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Warlock - Life
Philip Heseltine was born in London and lost his father as a child. His education was mainly classical, including studies at Eton College...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dead Reckoning: Encyclopedia Ii - Dead Reckoning - Etymology
There is some controversy about the derivation of the phrase. It is popularly thought to come from deduced reckoning and is sometimes giv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vestments Controversy: Encyclopedia Ii - Vestments Controversy - The Emergence Of Separatism And Presbyterianism
In the summer and fall of 1566, conformists and nonconformists exchanged letters with continental reformers. The nonconformists looked to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Banausos: Encyclopedia Ii - Banausos - Revivals
It has been conjectured that the Elizabethan use of "mechanical" (as in e.g. Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream) is a translation of b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Farthingale: Encyclopedia Ii - Farthingale - French Farthingale
The French farthingale is properly a crescent- or sausage-shaped pad stiffened with bent or whalebone and tied around the waist under the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sedition: Encyclopedia Ii - Sedition - History
Sedition in its modern meaning first appeared in the Elizabethan Era (c. 1590) as the "notion of inciting by words or writings disaffecti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corwin The Chronicles Of Amber: Encyclopedia Ii - Corwin The Chronicles Of Amber - Abilities
As an Amberite, Corwin has supernatural strength as is shown in Nine Princes of Amber, where he flings a chair at the creatures that are ...   » Read the article