Sir Walter Raleigh was the greatest adventurer of the Elizabethan Age, but when his fortunes changed he made a fatal mistake that led to his downfall.

Researchers recently analyzed nine Elizabethan era archeological sites across London’s Bankside entertainment district to document a new way to locate, study, and identify bear-baiting evidence.

So much has been written about Elizabethan England by the man of letters who has in view only the picturesque, sentimental, and literary interests of that great age that a great deal is to be ...

In Elizabethan England, words counted. Particularly the most insulting, offensive and hurtful words. Words like ninnycock, rotten hornibus, jackanapes and (whisper it) ninnyhammer. A painstakingly ...

Religion in the Elizabethan age - WJEC Religion became a very divisive factor in people’s lives in Wales and England when Protestant ideas challenged the dominance of the Roman Catholic Church.

Games clearly were part of his works, and of his age. Fencing and archery — still fixtures on the Olympic roster — were popular in Elizabethan England.

British architecture changed beyond recognition during the late Queen’s reign, reflecting the social, aesthetic and technological transformations of the past seven decades.

GCSE OCR B The Elizabethans overview - OCR B The Elizabethan era, 1558-1603 Elizabeth I is a colourful monarch. Her reign has been referred to by some as a ‘golden age’ but more recently this ...

Archaeologists conducting excavations near Birmingham have discovered one of the best-preserved Elizabethan gardens ever found in England. As BBC News reports, no historical record of the 16th ...

Alan Bray, Homosexuality and the Signs of Male Friendship in Elizabethan England, History Workshop, No. 29 (Spring, 1990), pp. 1-19 ...