Volume: 53 Issue: 5
Contents of History Today, May 2003 |
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May 24th, 1153 |
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Samuel Pepys died on May 26th, 1703, aged 70. Richard Cavendish describes how he rose from his humble origins to become secretary of the Admiralty, a member of... |
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Susan Doran looks at what it meant to be a female monarch in a male world and how the Queen responded to the challenges. |
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A timeline of dates pertaining to the Tudor queen. |
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Co-curator Sian Flynn introduces Elizabeth: the exhibition commemorating the 400th anniversary of the Queen’s death at the National Maritime Museum, sponsored by... |
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Michelle Brown, curator of Illuminated Manuscripts at the British Library, discusses new interpretations of this treasure, and how this month visitors to the Library... |
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May 27th, 1703 |
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This spring Lexington, Kentucky, home of American horse-racing, is staging a unique exhibition of some of Britain’s most prized equine artefacts. Tracy Powell... |
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Peter Furtado introduces our special issue on Elizabeth I. |
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Tarnya Cooper looks at the wider iconography of Elizabeth, and how this evolved during her reign. |
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Victor Gray, Director of the Rothschild Archive, introduces a new website that will prove a invaluable resource for all students of economic, and social history, and... |
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Christopher Haigh considers the man behind the mesmerising image of Elizabethan England, and his relevance today. |
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David Starkey introduces our special issue, and the Greenwich exhibition. |
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Alison Weir, best-selling historian of the medieval and sixteenth-century royal families, explains how she first encountered the power of history in a strange... |
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An ageing regime: Paul E.J. Hammer looks at Elizabeth I and her government in the 1590s. |
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Alison Sim discusses the practicalities of running Elizabeth’s court. |
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Jeremy Ashbee, from the Historic Royal Palaces, discusses a new programme at the Tower of London on punishment and imprisonment. |
