The Story of the Elizabethans – 2020-P2P
If ever an English monarch merited the byname ‘the Great’, surely it was the last of the Tudor line: Elizabeth I. During her reign, England successfully repelled a mighty Spanish Armada. Extravagant ‘accession day’ celebrations and new theatres, in which William Shakespeare first performed his peerless plays, revolutionised public entertainment. Extraordinary palaces and ‘prodigy houses’ were built – expressions of wealth and artistic exuberance. Groundbreaking trading and diplomatic ties were established with Islamic states across north Africa and the Middle East. English explorers ventured far into Asia and the Arctic, sowing the seeds of a vast British empire. And Elizabeth herself overcame the odds: as a child declared illegitimate and cut from the succession after the execution of her mother, Anne Boleyn, she faced a series of plots against her life and throne, yet forged her image as a strong, single-minded ‘Virgin Queen’ whose memory is widely revered to this day. Yet many often-overlooked, darker aspects took the shine off her reign. In this special edition of BBC History Magazine, a cadre of experts explore both the triumphs and the more lamentable facets of the Elizabethan era. We discover the queen’s jealous control of the love lives of her courtiers, the hunger, poverty, violence and fear faced by ordinary folk, the persecution of Catholics – including the torture and execution of dozens of priests – and the bloody suppression of rebellion in Ireland. The Story of the Elizabethans compiles and updates articles that have appeared previously in BBC History Magazine, along with several new articles written specially for this edition. I hope you enjoy it.

The Story of the Elizabethans – 2020-P2P
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