John Foxe’s graphic and angry work depicting the persecutions inflicted by the Roman Catholic church, was partly a response to the rising tide of intolerance across Europe in the mid-sixteenth century, but more specifically to the recent persecution of Protestants in England. David Loades describes the impact of one of the most significant books of its time.
Sebastian Walsh looks at a forgotten friend and adviser to Queen Elizabeth from the early years of her reign.
Alexander Wilkinson considers what the French made of the controversial royal who played a pivotal role in the French wars of religion, both as Queen of Scots and Queen of France.
Will Saunders examines the diverse and changing interpretations of the Queen's relations with her Councillors.
Robin Evans extols the outstanding success of 1588: not the defeat of the Spanish Armada but the publication of the Welsh Bible.
Susan Doran looks at what it meant to be a female monarch in a male world and how the Queen responded to the challenges.
The queen gave her last speech to Parliament on November 30th, 1601.
After a failed coup d'état against Elizabeth I, Robert Devereux was beheaded at the Tower of London on 25 February 1601
One of Elizabeth I's court favourites died on August 4th, 1598, aged 77.
As the second Elizabethan age closes in disillusionment, Penry Williams reconsiders whether the first deserved the same fate.
