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Elizabeth’s ReignDaughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn- claimed as a bastard child once Anne Boleyn was beheaded
Ruled England, Wales and Ireland
Reigned from 1558-1603
Known as “The Virgin Queen”
Religious Settlement (1559)
Elizabeth excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Pius V (1570)
Bond of Association (1584). In this the Queen's loyal subjects vowed to take revenge on anyone who killed her
Poor Law Act (1601)
Elizabeth’s Palaces
Hatfield Place
Hampton Court Palace
Greenwich Palace- Her place of birth
Whitehall Palace
Palace of St. James
Richmond Palace
Windsor Castle
Nonsuch Palace
Palace of Westminister
Whitehall Palace
Greenwich Palace
Court Life
Over 1,000 people usually attended court
Everyone had access to the Presence Chamber
- where Elizabeth had audiences
-also where most of the socializing took place
Court was held wherever the Queen was.
Queen had two private rooms
-her bed chamber
- Privy Chamber
Dinner/ SupperDinner was usually served at noon
-usually served in the Presence Chamber
-Courtiers usually ate their food here
-Elizabeth ate in her Privy Chamber usually
Supper was served between 5-6 in the evening
- plays, musical performances, masques and balls were usually performed afterward in the Presence Chamber
* Shakespeare presented many of his plays after dinner in the Presence Chamber for the Queen
CourtiersArchbishops
Spies from different countries
Traditional Courtiers
-certain flamboyance of dress and manner
-flattery, gifts, expected to be courted by music, by dancing, and by words of love and devotion.
Political Advisors
-degree of sobriety
- dressed mainly in all black
Servants
Sir Robert Dudley, Elizabeth’s favorite Courtier
James 1st Reign
Son of Mary Queen of Scots and Lord Henry Darnley- born 1566
Started rule of England 1603
Ruled over England, Scotland, Ireland
Gunpowder Plot of 1605
Ruled for 29 years in Scotland
Ended England’s war with Spain- first act as king
James 1st’s Palaces
Edinburgh Castle-Scotland
Whitehall palace
Greenwich Place
Palace of St. James
Richmond place
Windsor Palace
Nonsuch Place
Edinburgh Castle
James’ Pastimes
Liked to hunt, even though he had weak legs
As You Like It- the Duke who was exiled to the country loved to hunt the stag
Was obsessed with witch hunting
*Rumored to have a homosexual relationship
Shakespeare in James 1st’s Court
Became known as the King’s Players
Players took pride of place so they usually opened the festivities on December 26.
The company would have at most 2 new Shakespearean plays each year.
The rest of its court performances would be of new plays by other playwrights and older Shakespeare plays
Hamlet revenge plot mirrored the Stuart family revenge story.
His Stuart plays took up the most sensitive issues of the day, unlike in Elizabeth’s court where they were less controversial.
BibliographyThe Kings Playwright- Alvin Kearnan
http://www.elizabethi.org/uk/homework/print.html
http://www.elizabethi.org/uk/court/
http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/springfield/eliz/introelizperiod.html
http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/james/jamesbio.htm
http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon46.html