Elizabethan court fashion was heavily influenced by Spanish and French styles. Notable garments of this period include the farthingale for women, military styles like the mandilion for men, and ruffs for both sexes. The Elizabethan era also saw a great flowering of domestic embroidery for both clothing and furnishings. Predominant styles include canvas work generally done in tent stitch and blackwork in silk on linen. Toward the end of the reign the fash ...

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Elizabethan era, Elizabethan era - Fashion and the domestic arts, Elizabethan era - Notable Elizabethans, Elizabethan era - Compare

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Elizabethan theatre, Elizabethan theatre - History, Elizabethan theatre - Performances, Elizabethan theatre - Writers, Elizabethan theatre - Finale, Elizabethan theatre - Genres, Elizabethan theatre - List of playwrights, Elizabethan theatre - List of players, Elizabethan theatre - Other significant people, Elizabethan theatre - List of playhouses, Elizabethan theatre - List of playing companies, Elizabethan theatre - External link

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The English Renaissance is distinct from the Italian Renaissance in several ways. First, the dominant art form of the English Renaissance was literature, while the Italian Renaissance was driven much more by the visual arts, such as painting and sculpture. Second, the English movement is separated from the Italian by time: many trace the Italian Renaissance to Dante or Petrarch in the early 1300s, and certainly most of the famous Italian Renaissance figures ceased their creative output by the 1520s. In contrast, the English Renaissance seems ...

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English Renaissance, English Renaissance - Comparison of the English and Italian Renaissances, English Renaissance - Criticisms of the idea of the English Renaissance, English Renaissance - Major English Renaissance figures

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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 - Early life
• William Shakespeare - Later years
• William Shakespeare - Works
• William Shakespeare - Plays
• William Shakespeare - Sonnets
• William Shakespeare - Other poems
• William Shakespeare - Style
• William Shakespeare - Reputation
• William Shakespeare - Speculations about Shakespeare
• William Shakespeare - Identity
• William Shakespeare - Religion
• William Shakespeare - Sexuality
• William Shakespeare - Bibliography
• William Shakespeare - Comedies
• William Shakespeare - Histories
• William Shakespeare - Tragedies
• William Shakespeare - Lost plays
• William Shakespeare - Poems
• William Shakespeare - Apocrypha
• William Shakespeare - Notes

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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 - The Anglo-Norman Kingdom
• British Empire - Growth of the overseas empire
• British Empire - Henry VIII and the rise of the Royal Navy
• British Empire - The Elizabethan era
• British Empire - The Stuart era
• British Empire - Scottish Empire
• British Empire - Colonization
• British Empire - Free trade and informal empire
• British Empire - British East India Company
• British Empire - Expansion
• British Empire - Collapse
• British Empire - Breakdown of Pax Britannica
• British Empire - Britain and the New Imperialism
• British Empire - British Colonial Policy
• British Empire - Britain and the Scramble for Africa
• British Empire - Home Rule in white-settler colonies
• British Empire - The impact of the First World War
• British Empire - The end of British rule in Ireland
• British Empire - Decolonisation and Decline
• British Empire - Extent
• British Empire - Africa
• British Empire - The Americas and Atlantic
• British Empire - Antarctica
• British Empire - Asia
• British Empire - Europe
• British Empire - Pacific
• British Empire - Extent after World War II
• British Empire - Africa
• British Empire - The Americas and Atlantic
• British Empire - Asia
• British Empire - Europe
• British Empire - Territories Lost by British Empire before 1921
• British Empire - Remaining Overseas Territories
• British Empire - Overseas Territories possessing substantial self-government
• British Empire - Other Overseas Territories
• British Empire - Crown Dependencies in British Isles Outside UK & EU
• British Empire - Personal Unions
• British Empire - Kingdom of England 927 - 1707
• British Empire - Kingdom of Great Britain 1707 - 1801
• British Empire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1801 - 1927
• British Empire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1927 - present

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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 ...

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1558 - Events. January 7 - French troops led by Francis, Duke of Guise take Calais, the last continental possession of England July 13 - Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul des Thermes at Gravelines. April 24 - Mary I of Scotland marries Francis II of France November 17 - Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth. Tobacco comes to Fr ...

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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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Christopher ("Kit") Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. Perhaps the foremost Elizabethan tragedian before Shakespeare, he is known for his magnificent blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his own untimely death. Christopher Marlowe - Background. Born in Canterbury the son of a shoemaker, he attended The King's School, Canterbury and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge on a scholarship and received his bachelor of ...

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• Christopher Marlowe - The Marlowe legend
• Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe the spy
• Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe the brawler
• Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe the atheist
• Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe's sexuality
• Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe's death
• Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe's reputation among contemporary writers
• Christopher Marlowe - Recent alleged censorship of Marlowe's plays
• Christopher Marlowe - Works
• Christopher Marlowe - Plays
• Christopher Marlowe - Poetry
• Christopher Marlowe - Additional reading

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In chronology, an era is the highest level for the organization of the measurement of time. A calendar era span of many years which are numbered beginning at a specific epoch, which often marks the origin of a state or cosmology, the birth of a leader, or another significant historical or mythological event; it can be called after either accordingly. The word era also denotes the units used under a different, more arbitrary system where time is not represented as an endless continuum with a single reference year, but eac ...

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The notion of calling this period "the Renaissance" is a modern invention, having been popularized by the historian Jacob Burckhardt in the nineteenth century. The idea of the Renaissance has come under increased criticism by many cultural historians, and some have contended that the "English Renaissance" has no real tie with the artistic achievements and aims of the northern Italian artists (Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello) who are closely identified with the Renaissance. Indeed, England had already experienced a flourishing of literature ...

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English Renaissance, English Renaissance - Comparison of the English and Italian Renaissances, English Renaissance - Criticisms of the idea of the English Renaissance, English Renaissance - Major English Renaissance figures

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British Empire - The Anglo-Norman Kingdom. In 1066, William, Duke of Normandy,(also known as Bastard because he was the products of a affair his father had with a tanners daughter), conquered England and asserted his right to be king, giving England its first overseas territory (Normandy). The new rulers had dual roles. First, as kings of England they were sovereign lords. Second, as dukes of Normandy, they were vassals of the kings of France. This led to centuries of conflicts which ended with their loss of French holdings in 1558. In the mea ...

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British Empire, British Empire - Background: The English and Scottish Empires, British Empire - The Anglo-Norman Kingdom, British Empire - Growth of the overseas empire, British Empire - Henry VIII and the rise of the Royal Navy, British Empire - The Elizabethan era, British Empire - The Stuart era, British Empire - Scottish Empire, British Empire - Colonization, British Empire - Free trade and informal empire, British Empire - British East India Company, British Empire - Expansion, British Empire - Collapse, British Empire - Breakdown of Pax Britannica, British Empire - Britain and the New Imperialism, British Empire - British Colonial Policy, British Empire - Britain and the Scramble for Africa, British Empire - Home Rule in white-settler colonies, British Empire - The impact of the First World War, British Empire - The end of British rule in Ireland, British Empire - Decolonisation and Decline, British Empire - Extent, British Empire - Africa, British Empire - The Americas and Atlantic, British Empire - Antarctica, British Empire - Asia, British Empire - Europe, British Empire - Pacific, British Empire - Extent after World War II, British Empire - Africa, British Empire - The Americas and Atlantic, British Empire - Asia, British Empire - Europe, British Empire - Territories Lost by British Empire before 1921, British Empire - Remaining Overseas Territories, British Empire - Overseas Territories possessing substantial self-government, British Empire - Other Overseas Territories, British Empire - Crown Dependencies in British Isles Outside UK & EU, British Empire - Personal Unions, British Empire - Kingdom of England 927 - 1707, British Empire - Kingdom of Great Britain 1707 - 1801, British Empire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1801 - 1927, British Empire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1927 - present

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British Empire - The Anglo-Norman Kingdom. In 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, (also known as William the Bastard because he was the product of an affair his father had with a tanner's daughter), conquered England and asserted his right to be king, giving England its first overseas territory (Normandy). The new rulers had dual roles. First, as kings of England they were sovereign lords. Second, as dukes of Normandy, they were vassals of the kings of France. This led to centuries of conflicts which ended with their loss of French holdings in 1558. In the mea ...

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British Empire, British Empire - Background: The English and Scottish Empires, British Empire - The Anglo-Norman Kingdom, British Empire - Growth of the overseas empire, British Empire - Henry VIII and the rise of the Royal Navy, British Empire - The Elizabethan era, British Empire - The Stuart era, British Empire - Scottish Empire, British Empire - Colonization, British Empire - Free trade and informal empire, British Empire - British East India Company, British Empire - Expansion, British Empire - Collapse, British Empire - Breakdown of Pax Britannica, British Empire - Britain and the New Imperialism, British Empire - British Colonial Policy, British Empire - Britain and the Scramble for Africa, British Empire - Home Rule in white-settler colonies, British Empire - The impact of the First World War, British Empire - The end of British rule in Ireland, British Empire - Decolonisation and Decline, British Empire - Extent, British Empire - Africa, British Empire - The Americas and Atlantic, British Empire - Antarctica, British Empire - Asia, British Empire - Europe, British Empire - Pacific, British Empire - Extent after World War II, British Empire - Africa, British Empire - The Americas and Atlantic, British Empire - Asia, British Empire - Europe, British Empire - Territories Lost by British Empire before 1921, British Empire - Remaining Overseas Territories, British Empire - Overseas Territories possessing substantial self-government, British Empire - Other Overseas Territories, British Empire - Crown Dependencies in British Isles Outside UK & EU, British Empire - Personal Unions, British Empire - Kingdom of England 927 - 1707, British Empire - Kingdom of Great Britain 1707 - 1801, British Empire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1801 - 1927, British Empire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1927 - present

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Main article: British overseas territory. Now only a few small territories remain under British administration, mostly for reasons of perceived insufficiency as sovereign states. The last remaining Overseas Territories are: British Empire - Overseas Territories possessing substantial self-government. Anguilla Bermuda British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Gibra ...

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British Empire, British Empire - Background: The English and Scottish Empires, British Empire - The Anglo-Norman Kingdom, British Empire - Growth of the overseas empire, British Empire - Henry VIII and the rise of the Royal Navy, British Empire - The Elizabethan era, British Empire - The Stuart era, British Empire - Scottish Empire, British Empire - Colonization, British Empire - Free trade and informal empire, British Empire - British East India Company, British Empire - Expansion, British Empire - Collapse, British Empire - Breakdown of Pax Britannica, British Empire - Britain and the New Imperialism, British Empire - British Colonial Policy, British Empire - Britain and the Scramble for Africa, British Empire - Home Rule in white-settler colonies, British Empire - The impact of the First World War, British Empire - The end of British rule in Ireland, British Empire - Decolonisation and Decline, British Empire - Extent, British Empire - Africa, British Empire - The Americas and Atlantic, British Empire - Antarctica, British Empire - Asia, British Empire - Europe, British Empire - Pacific, British Empire - Extent after World War II, British Empire - Africa, British Empire - The Americas and Atlantic, British Empire - Asia, British Empire - Europe, British Empire - Territories Lost by British Empire before 1921, British Empire - Remaining Overseas Territories, British Empire - Overseas Territories possessing substantial self-government, British Empire - Other Overseas Territories, British Empire - Crown Dependencies in British Isles Outside UK & EU, British Empire - Personal Unions, British Empire - Kingdom of England 927 - 1707, British Empire - Kingdom of Great Britain 1707 - 1801, British Empire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1801 - 1927, British Empire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1927 - present

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Main article: New Imperialism. The policy and ideology of European colonial expansion between the 1870s and the outbreak of World War I in 1914 are often characterised as the "New Imperialism". The period is distinguished by an unprecedented pursuit of what has been termed "empire for empire's sake", aggressive competition for overseas territorial acquisitions and the emergence in colonising countries of doctrines of racial superiority w ...

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British Empire, British Empire - Background: The English and Scottish Empires, British Empire - The Anglo-Norman Kingdom, British Empire - Growth of the overseas empire, British Empire - Henry VIII and the rise of the Royal Navy, British Empire - The Elizabethan era, British Empire - The Stuart era, British Empire - Scottish Empire, British Empire - Colonization, British Empire - Free trade and informal empire, British Empire - British East India Company, British Empire - Expansion, British Empire - Collapse, British Empire - Breakdown of Pax Britannica, British Empire - Britain and the New Imperialism, British Empire - British Colonial Policy, British Empire - Britain and the Scramble for Africa, British Empire - Home Rule in white-settler colonies, British Empire - The impact of the First World War, British Empire - The end of British rule in Ireland, British Empire - Decolonisation and Decline, British Empire - Extent, British Empire - Africa, British Empire - The Americas and Atlantic, British Empire - Antarctica, British Empire - Asia, British Empire - Europe, British Empire - Pacific, British Empire - Extent after World War II, British Empire - Africa, British Empire - The Americas and Atlantic, British Empire - Asia, British Empire - Europe, British Empire - Territories Lost by British Empire before 1921, British Empire - Remaining Overseas Territories, British Empire - Overseas Territories possessing substantial self-government, British Empire - Other Overseas Territories, British Empire - Crown Dependencies in British Isles Outside UK & EU, British Empire - Personal Unions, British Empire - Kingdom of England 927 - 1707, British Empire - Kingdom of Great Britain 1707 - 1801, British Empire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1801 - 1927, British Empire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1927 - present

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Main article: Scramble for Africa. In 1875 the two most important European holdings in Africa were French controlled Algeria and Britain's Cape Colony. By 1914 only Ethiopia and the republic of Liberia remained outside formal European control. The transition from an "informal empire" of control through economic dominance to direct control took the form of a "scramble" for territory by the nations of Europe. Britain tried not to play a part in this early scramble, being more of a trading empire rather then a colonial empire; however, it soon became clear i ...

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British Empire, British Empire - Background: The English and Scottish Empires, British Empire - The Anglo-Norman Kingdom, British Empire - Growth of the overseas empire, British Empire - Henry VIII and the rise of the Royal Navy, British Empire - The Elizabethan era, British Empire - The Stuart era, British Empire - Scottish Empire, British Empire - Colonization, British Empire - Free trade and informal empire, British Empire - British East India Company, British Empire - Expansion, British Empire - Collapse, British Empire - Breakdown of Pax Britannica, British Empire - Britain and the New Imperialism, British Empire - British Colonial Policy, British Empire - Britain and the Scramble for Africa, British Empire - Home Rule in white-settler colonies, British Empire - The impact of the First World War, British Empire - The end of British rule in Ireland, British Empire - Decolonisation and Decline, British Empire - Extent, British Empire - Africa, British Empire - The Americas and Atlantic, British Empire - Antarctica, British Empire - Asia, British Empire - Europe, British Empire - Pacific, British Empire - Extent after World War II, British Empire - Africa, British Empire - The Americas and Atlantic, British Empire - Asia, British Empire - Europe, British Empire - Territories Lost by British Empire before 1921, British Empire - Remaining Overseas Territories, British Empire - Overseas Territories possessing substantial self-government, British Empire - Other Overseas Territories, British Empire - Crown Dependencies in British Isles Outside UK & EU, British Empire - Personal Unions, British Empire - Kingdom of England 927 - 1707, British Empire - Kingdom of Great Britain 1707 - 1801, British Empire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1801 - 1927, British Empire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1927 - present

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William Shakespeare (also spelled Shakspere, Shaksper, and Shake-speare, due to the fact that Elizabethan spelling was very erratic[1]) was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England, in April 1564, the son of John Shakespeare, a successful tradesman and alderman, and of Mary Arden, a daughter of the gentry. They lived on Henley Street. His baptismal record dates to April 26 of that year. Because baptisms were performed within a few days of bi ...

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Shakespeare's life, Shakespeare's life - Early life, Shakespeare's life - London and theatrical career, Shakespeare's life - Later years, Shakespeare's life - Notes

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Shakespeare's Sonnets are the principal evidence for his possible bisexuality. The poems were initially published, perhaps without his approval, in 1609. One hundred and twenty-six of them appear to be love poems addressed to a young man (known as the "Fair Lord"), and twenty-six are addressed to a married woman (known as the "Dark Lady"). There are numerous passages in the Sonnets that can be read as homosexual or bisexual. In Sonnet 13, the young man is called "dear my love" and Sonnet 15 announces that the poet is at "war with Time ...

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Sexuality of William Shakespeare, Sexuality of William Shakespeare - Elizabethan sexual identities, Sexuality of William Shakespeare - Sexuality in the Sonnets, Sexuality of William Shakespeare - Sexuality in the plays, Sexuality of William Shakespeare - Biographical evidence, Sexuality of William Shakespeare - Authorship doubters, Sexuality of William Shakespeare - Notes, Sexuality of William Shakespeare - Additional reading

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1550-1600 in fashion - Overview. The wide "trumpet" sleeves characteristic of Tudor England disappeared with the accession of Elizabeth, in favor of French and Spanish styles with narrower sleeves. Bodices could be high-necked or have a broad, low, square neckline, often with a slight arch at the front early in the period. French, Spanish, and English bodices were stiffened into a cone shape or worn over corsets. The wide-shouldered look of the 1580s was emphasized with padded and jeweled shoulder rolls ...

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1550-1600 in fashion, 1550-1600 in fashion - General trends, 1550-1600 in fashion - Men's Fashion, 1550-1600 in fashion - Overview, 1550-1600 in fashion - Outerwear, 1550-1600 in fashion - Hairstyles and headgear, 1550-1600 in fashion - Style gallery, 1550-1600 in fashion - Women's Fashion, 1550-1600 in fashion - Overview, 1550-1600 in fashion - Underwear, 1550-1600 in fashion - Outerwear, 1550-1600 in fashion - Hairstyles and headgear, 1550-1600 in fashion - Style gallery

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