ABSTRACT

No period of British history generates such deep interest as the reign of Elizabeth I, from 1558 to 1603. The individuals and events of that era continue to be popular topics for contemporary literature and film, and Elizabethan drama, poetry, and music are studied and enjoyed everywhere by students, scholars, and the general public.

The Historical Dictionary of the Elizabeth World provides clear definitions and descriptions of people, events, institutions, ideas, and terminology relating in some significant way to the Elizabethan period. The first dictionary of history to focus exclusively on the reign of Elizabeth I, the Dictionary is also the first to take a broad trans-Atlantic approach to the period by including relevant individuals and terms from Irish, Scottish, Welsh, American, and Western European history.

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part |333 pages

Historical Dictionary of the: Elizabethan World

letter |18 pages

A

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Accession Day

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Acts and Monuments of These Latter and Perilous Days

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Admiral

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Admonition controversy

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Advowson

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Agriculture

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Alba, Duke of

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Alençon, Duke of

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Allen, William (1532–1594)

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Alleyn, Edward (1566–1626)

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Alva, Duke of

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Alvarez de Toledo, Fernandez, Duke of Alva (1508–1582)

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Amadas-Barlowe expedition

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America

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Anabaptists

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Anglican Church

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Anglican settlement

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Anglo-Irish

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Animal sports

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Annales Rerum Anglicarum et Hibernicarum Regnante Elizabetha

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Anne of Cleves (1515–1557)

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Anticlericalism

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Antiquarianism

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Architecture

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Archpriest controversy

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Armada

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Army

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Art

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Ascham, Roger (1515–1568)

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Ashley, Katherine (d. 1565)

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Assizes

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Attainder

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Aylmer, John(1521–1594)

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Azores

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Azores expedition

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B

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Babington plot

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Bacon, Ann (1528–1610)

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Bacon, Sir Francis (1561–1626)

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Bacon, Sir Nicholas (1509–1579)

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Barrow, Henry (1550–1593)

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Barrowists

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Bazán, Alvaro de, Marquis of Santa Cruz (1526–1588)

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Bearbaiting

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Beaufort family

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Bedford, Earl of

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Bedingfield, Sir Henry (1511–1583)

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Benefice

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Bertie, Peregrine, Lord Willoughby de Eresby (1555–1601)

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Berwick, Treaty of (1560)

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Berwick, Treaty of (1586)

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Bible, English

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“Bill and book” episode

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Black Rubric

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Blackwell, George (c. 1545–1613)

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Blois, Treaty of

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Blount, Charles, Lord Mountjoy (1563–1606)

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Blount, Sir Christopher (1556–1601)

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Bodley, Sir Thomas (1545–1613)

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Boleyn, Anne (c. 1501–1536)

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Boleyn family

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Bond of Association

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Book of Common Prayer

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“Book of Martyrs”

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Borough, Stephen (1525–1584)

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Borough. William (1536–1599)

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Boroughs

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Bothwell, Earl of

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Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia

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Bristol. Treaty of

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Britannia

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Brittany expeditions

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Brooke, Lord

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Browne, Robert(c. 1550–c. 1633)

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Brownists

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Bullbaiting

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Burbage, James (c. 1530–1597)

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Burbage, Richard (c.1567–1619)

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Burghley, Lord

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Burghley, Lady

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Butler, Thomas, Earl of Ormond (1532–1614)

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Butler wars

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Byrd, William (c. 1543–1623)

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C

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Cadiz raid (1587)

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Cadiz raid (1596)

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Calais

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Calendar

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Calvin, John (1509–1564)

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Calvinism

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Cambridge University

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Camden, William (1551–1623)

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Campion, Edmund (1540–1581)

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Carberry, Battle of

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Carew, George, Earl of Totnes (1555–1629)

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Carew, Sir Peter (c. 1514–1575)

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Carew, Richard (1555–1620)

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Carey, George, Lord Hunsdon (1547–1603)

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Carey, Henry, Lord Hunsdon (1524–1596)

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Cartwright, Thomas (1535–1603)

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Casket letters

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Cateau-Cambrésis, Treaty of

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Catechism

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Catherine of Aragon (1485–1536)

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Catholic League

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Catholicism, English

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Cautionary towns

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Cavendish, Thomas (1560–1592)

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Cecil, Mildred, Lady Burghley (1526–1589)

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Cecil, Sir Robert (1563–1612)

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Cecil, William, Lord Burghley (1520–1598)

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Cess

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Challenge Sermon

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Chamberlain

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Chamberlain's Men

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Chancellor

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Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Chancery, Court of

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Chapel Royal

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Charles I

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Charles V (1500–1558)

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Chaseabout raid

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Christmas

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Chronicles

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Church courts

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Church of England

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Classical movement

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Clifford, George, Earl of Cumberland (1558–1605)

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Clipping

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Cloth industry

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Cockfighting

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Coign and livery

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Coinage

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College of Arms

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Common law

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Common Pleas, Court of

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Condell, Henry (c. 1562–1627)

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Congregationalists

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Convocation

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Cooke, Sir Anthony (1504–1576)

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Cotton, Sir Robert (1571–1631)

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Counter-Reformation

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Court

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Court of Chancery

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Court of Common Pleas

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Court of High Commission

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Court of Kings (Queen's) Bench

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Court of Requests

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Court of Star Chamber

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Courtenay, Edward, Earl of Devonshire (c. 1526–1556)

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Cranmer, Thomas (1489–1556)

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Cromwell, Thomas (c. 1485–1540)

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Cumberland, Earl of

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Customs revenue

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D

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Dance

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Darnley, Lord

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Darnley murder

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Davies, Richard (1501–1581)

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Davis, John (c. 1550–1605)

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Davison, William (c. 1541–1608)

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Davys, John

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Debasement

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Dee, John (1527–1608)

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“The Description of England”

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Desmond, Earl of

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Desmond Rebellion

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De Vere, Edward, Earl of Oxford

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Devereux, Penelope

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Devereux, Robert, Earl of Essex (1567–1601)

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Devereux, Walter, Earl of Essex (c. 1541–1576)

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Devise (for the Succession)

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Devonshire, Earl of

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Diet

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Diplomacy

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Don Antonio Expedition

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Don John of Austria

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Dorset, Earl of

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Douglas, Margaret, Countess of Lennox (1515–1578)

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Drake, Sir Francis (c. 1543–1596)

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Drake's circumnavigation

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Drama

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Dublin

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Dudley, Ambrose, Earl of Warwick (c. 1528–1590)

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Dudley, Amy (c. 1532–1560)

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Dudley, John, Duke of Northumberland (c. 1502–1553)

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Dudley, Lettice, Countess of Leicester

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Dudley marriage suit

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Dudley, Robert, Earl of Leicester (1532–1588)

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Dutch Revolt

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E

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East India Company

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Easter

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Eastland Company

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Edinburgh

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Edinburgh, Treaty of

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Education

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Edward VI (1537–1553)

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Effingham, Lord Howard of

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Elizabeth I (1533–1603)

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Elizabeth I, portraits of

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Enclosure

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English

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Entertainment

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Epidemic disease

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Equity

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Essex, first Earl of

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Essex, second Earl of

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Essex's Rebellion

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Ex officio Oath

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Exchange, Royal

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Exchequer

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Exploration

letter |13 pages

F

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Family

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Family of Love

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Farnese, Alessandro, Duke of Parma (1546–1592)

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Fashion, men

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Fashion, women

entry |1 pages

Favorites

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First Folio

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Fiscal feudalism

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Fitzgerald, Gerald, Earl of Desmond (c. 1533–1583)

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Fitzgerald, James Fitzmaurice (d. 1579)

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Fitzmaurice, James

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Fitzmaurice's Rebellion

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Fitzroy, Henry, Duke of Richmond (1519–1536)

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Fitzwilliam, Sir William (1526–1599)

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Food

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Foreign trade

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Forman, Simon (1552–1611)

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Foxe, John (1516–1587)

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France

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Francis I (1494–1547)

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Frobisher, Sir Martin (1539–1594)

letter |19 pages

G

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Gallowglasses

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Garnet, Henry (1555–1606)

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Gascoigne, George(c. 1525–1577)

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Gentry

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Gerard, John (1563–1637)

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Gilbert, Sir Humphrey (c. 1539–1583)

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Gilbert, William (1540–1603)

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Globe Theatre

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Golden Speech

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Gower, George (c. 1540–1596)

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Gowrie conspiracy

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Grafton, Richard (c. 1513–c. 1572)

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Grammar school

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Grand Tour

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Gravelines, Battle of

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Greene, Robert (1558–1592)

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Greenwich Palace

entry |1 pages

Gregory XIII (1502–1585)

entry |1 pages

Grenville, Sir Richard (1542–1591)

entry |1 pages

Gresham, Sir Thomas (c. 1518–1579)

entry |1 pages

Greville, Fulke, Lord Brooke (1554–1628)

entry |1 pages

Grey, Jane(1537–1554)

entry |1 pages

Grey, Katherine (1540–1568)

entry |1 pages

Grey claim (to the throne)

entry |1 pages

Grindal, Edmund(1519–1583)

entry |1 pages

Guinea Company

entry |1 pages

Guise, Marie de (1515–1560)

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Guise family

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Guzman el Bueno, Alonso Perez de, Duke of Medina Sidonia (1550–1619)

letter |26 pages

H

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Habsburg family

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Hakluyt, Richard (c. 1552–1616)

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Hampton Court Palace

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Hampton Court, Treaty of

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Hapsburg family

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Hardwick, Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury (1520–1608)

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Harington, Sir John (1561–1612)

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Hariot, Thomas

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Harriot, Thomas (1560–1621)

entry |1 pages

Harrison, William (1534–1593)

entry |1 pages

Harvey, Gabriel (c. 1550–1630)

entry |1 pages

Hastings, Henry, Earl of Huntingdon (1536–1595)

entry |2 pages

Hatton, Sir Christopher (1540–1591)

entry |1 pages

Hawkins, Sir John (1532–1595)

entry |1 pages

Heminges, John (d. 1630)

entry |1 pages

Heneage, Sir Thomas (c. 1534–1595)

entry |1 pages

Henri II (1519–1559)

entry |1 pages

Henri III (1551–1589)

entry |1 pages

Henri IV (1553–1610)

entry |1 pages

Henry VII (1457–1509)

entry |1 pages

Henry VIII (1491–1547)

entry |1 pages

Henslowe, Philip (d. 1616)

entry |1 pages

Hepburn, James, Earl of Bothwell (1535–1578)

entry |1 pages

Herbert, Henry, Earl of Pembroke (c. 1538–1601)

entry |1 pages

Herbert, Mary, Countess of Pembroke (1561–1621)

entry |1 pages

High Commission, Court of

entry |1 pages

Hilliard, Nicholas (c. 1547–1619)

entry |2 pages

Holidays (holy days)

entry |1 pages

Holinshed, Raphael (c. 1498–1580)

entry |1 pages

Holinshed's Chronicles

entry |1 pages

Hooker, John (1525–1601)

entry |1 pages

Hooker, Richard (c. 1554–1600)

entry |1 pages

Howard, Charles, Earl of Nottingham (1536–1624)

entry |1 pages

Howard, Katherine (c. 1521–1542)

entry |1 pages

Howard, Thomas, Duke of Norfolk (1536–1572)

entry |1 pages

Howard family

entry |1 pages

Huguenots

entry |1 pages

Humanism

entry |1 pages

Hunsdon, First Lord

entry |1 pages

Hunsdon, Second Lord

entry |1 pages

Huntingdon, Earl of

entry |1 pages

Hutton, Matthew (1529–1606)

letter |2 pages

I

entry |1 pages

Inns of Court

entry |1 pages

Ireland

entry |1 pages

Islands Voyage

letter |6 pages

J

entry |2 pages

James I (1566–1625)

entry |1 pages

James VI

entry |1 pages

Jenkinson, Anthony (c. 1530–1611)

entry |1 pages

Jesuit Mission

entry |1 pages

Jewel, John (1522–1571)

entry |1 pages

Jews

entry |1 pages

John of Austria (1547–1578)

entry |1 pages

Joint-stock company

entry |1 pages

Jonson, Ben (1572–1637)

entry |1 pages

Justices of the peace

letter |6 pages

K

entry |1 pages

Kempe, William (d. 1609)

entry |1 pages

Kern

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Killigrew, Sir Henry (c. 1528–1603)

entry |1 pages

King's (Queen's) Bench, Court of

entry |1 pages

King's Men

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Kinsale, Battle of

entry |1 pages

Knollys, Sir Francis (c. 1514–1596)

entry |1 pages

Knollys, Lettice (1540–1634)

entry |1 pages

Knox, John (c. 1512–1572)

entry |1 pages

Kyd, Thomas (1558–1594)

letter |14 pages

L

entry |1 pages

Ladies-in-waiting

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Lambarde, William (1536–1601)

entry |1 pages

Lancaster, Sir James (1554–1618)

entry |1 pages

Lane, Sir Ralph (d. 1603)

entry |1 pages

Langside, Battle of

entry |1 pages

Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity

entry |1 pages

Leaver, Thomas

entry |1 pages

Lectureships

entry |1 pages

Le Havre expedition

entry |1 pages

Leicester, Earl of

entry |1 pages

Leicester's Netherlands expedition

entry |1 pages

Lennox, Countess of

entry |1 pages

Leslie, John (1527–1596)

entry |2 pages

Levant Company

entry |1 pages

Lever, Thomas (1521–1577)

entry |1 pages

Limning

entry |1 pages

Liveried company

entry |1 pages

Local government

entry |1 pages

Lodge, Thomas (c. 1558–1625)

entry |1 pages

Lok, Michael (c. 1532–1615)

entry |2 pages

London

entry |1 pages

Lopez plot

entry |1 pages

Lopez, Roderigo (d. 1594)

entry |1 pages

Lord Chamberlain's Men

entry |1 pages

Lord Strange's Men

entry |1 pages

“Lost Colony”

entry |1 pages

Lumley, John, Lord Lumley (c. 1534–1609)

entry |1 pages

Lyly, John (c. 1554–1606)

letter |13 pages

M

entry |1 pages

Maitland, William (c. 1528–1573)

entry |1 pages

Marian exiles

entry |1 pages

Marian martyrs

entry |1 pages

Marlowe, Christopher (1564–1593)

entry |1 pages

Marprelate Tracts

entry |1 pages

Marriage

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Marriage question

entry |1 pages

Mary I (1516–1558)

entry |1 pages

Mary, Queen of Scots

entry |1 pages

Masque

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Mass

entry |1 pages

Master of the revels

entry |1 pages

Medici. Catherine de (1519–1589)

entry |1 pages

Medicine

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Medina Sidonia, Duke of

entry |1 pages

Melville, Sir James (1535–1617)

entry |1 pages

Merchant Adventurers

entry |1 pages

Militia

entry |1 pages

Monopolies

entry |1 pages

Moray, Earl of

entry |1 pages

Morgan, William (1541–1604)

entry |1 pages

Morris Dance

entry |1 pages

Mountjoy, Lord

entry |1 pages

Muscovy Company

entry |1 pages

Music

letter |12 pages

N

entry |1 pages

Nashe. Thomas (1567–1601)

entry |1 pages

Navy

entry |1 pages

Netherlands

entry |1 pages

Netherlands expedition

entry |1 pages

Netherlands Revolt

entry |2 pages

Newfoundland fishery

entry |1 pages

Newhaven expedition

entry |1 pages

Nine Years War

entry |1 pages

Nobility

entry |1 pages

Noel, Alexander

entry |1 pages

Nonsuch Palace

entry |1 pages

Nonsuch, Treaty of

entry |1 pages

Norden, John (1548–1625)

entry |1 pages

Norfolk, Duke of

entry |1 pages

Norris, Sir John (c. 1547–1597)

entry |1 pages

Northern Rebellion

entry |1 pages

Northumberland, Duke of

entry |1 pages

Northumberland's coup

entry |1 pages

Northwest Passage

entry |1 pages

Norton, Thomas (1532–1584)

entry |1 pages

Nottingham, Earl of

entry |1 pages

Nowell, Alexander (c. 1507–1602)

entry |1 pages

Nymegen, Treaty of

letter |7 pages

O

entry |1 pages

Oatlands Palace

entry |1 pages

O'Donnell, Hugh (1572–1602)

entry |2 pages

Officers of state

entry |1 pages

Oliver, Isaac (c. 1556–1617)

entry |1 pages

O'Neill, Hugh, Earl of Tyrone (c. 1550–1616)

entry |1 pages

O'Neill, Shane (c. 1530–1567)

entry |1 pages

O'Neill, Turlough Luineach (c. 1531–1595)

entry |1 pages

Orange, Prince of

entry |1 pages

The Order and Usage of the Keeping of a Parliament in England

entry |1 pages

Ormond, Earl of

entry |1 pages

Oxenham, John (c. 1535–1580)

entry |1 pages

Oxford, Earl of

entry |1 pages

Oxford University

letter |27 pages

P

entry |1 pages

Palaces

entry |1 pages

Pale

entry |1 pages

Parker. Matthew (1504–1575)

entry |2 pages

Parliament

entry |1 pages

Parliamentary sessions (1559–1581)

entry |2 pages

Parliamentary sessions (1584–1601)

entry |1 pages

Parma, Duke of

entry |1 pages

Parr, Katherine (1512–1548)

entry |1 pages

Parry, Blanche (1508–1590)

entry |1 pages

Parry, Sir Thomas (d. 1560)

entry |2 pages

Parsons. Robert (1546–1610)

entry |1 pages

Paulet. Sir Amias (c. 1536–1588)

entry |1 pages

Paulet, William, Marquis of Winchester (c. 1485–1572)

entry |1 pages

Paul's Cross

entry |1 pages

Peele, George (c. 1558–1596)

entry |1 pages

Peerage

entry |1 pages

Pembroke, Countess of

entry |1 pages

Pembroke, Earl of

entry |1 pages

Penal laws

entry |1 pages

Penry, John (1563–1593)

entry |1 pages

Perrot, Sir John (c. 1527–1592)

entry |1 pages

Persons, Robert

entry |1 pages

Philip II (1527–1598)

entry |1 pages

Piers, John (c. 1523–1594)

entry |1 pages

Pius V (1504–1572)

entry |1 pages

Plague

entry |1 pages

Plantations, Irish

entry |1 pages

Poetry

entry |1 pages

Pole conspiracy

entry |1 pages

Poor laws

entry |1 pages

Population

entry |1 pages

Portraits of Elizabeth I

entry |1 pages

Portugal expedition

entry |1 pages

Predestination

entry |1 pages

Prerogative

entry |1 pages

Presbyterian movement

entry |1 pages

Priest holes

entry |1 pages

The Principal Navigations, Voyages and Discoveries of the English Nation

entry |1 pages

Principal secretary

entry |1 pages

Printing

entry |2 pages

Privateering

entry |1 pages

Privy Council

entry |1 pages

Proclamation

entry |1 pages

Prodigy houses

entry |1 pages

Progresses, royal

entry |1 pages

Prophesyings

entry |1 pages

Protestantism

entry |1 pages

Puritans

entry |1 pages

Purveyance

letter |1 pages

Q

entry |1 pages

Queen of Scots

entry |1 pages

Queen's Bench, Court of

entry |1 pages

Queen's Safety Act

letter |15 pages

R

entry |2 pages

Radcliffe, Thomas, Earl of Sussex (c. 1526–1583)

entry |1 pages

Raleigh, Elizabeth (1565–1647)

entry |1 pages

Raleigh, Sir Walter (c. 1552–1618)

entry |1 pages

Recusants

entry |1 pages

Redshanks

entry |1 pages

Reformation, English

entry |1 pages

Reformation, Irish

entry |1 pages

Reformation, Scottish

entry |1 pages

Reformation, Welsh

entry |1 pages

Regnans in Excelsis

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Regulated company

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Requests, Court of

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Revenue, royal

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Riccio, David

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Rich, Penelope, Lady Rich (1563–1607)

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Richmond, Duke of

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Richmond, Treaty of

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Richmond Palace

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Ridolfi plot

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Rizzio, David (c. 1533–1566)

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Roanoke Colony (1585)

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Roanoke Colony (1587)

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Robsart, Amy

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Royal Exchange

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Russell, Elizabeth, Lady Russell (1529–1609)

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Russell, Francis, Earl of Bedford (c. 1527–1585)

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Russia Company

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Ruthven raid

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S

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Sackville, Thomas, Earl of Dorset (1536–1608)

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Saint Bartholomew Massacre

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St. James's Palace

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St. Paul's Cross

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Salesbury, William (c. 1517–c. 1584)

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San Juan d'Ulloa

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Sandys, Edwin (c. 1516–1588)

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Santa Cruz, Marquis of

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Scotland

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Sea beggars

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Secretary of state

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Seminary priests

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Separatists

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Serjeants-at-law

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Seymour, Edward, Duke of Somerset (c. 1500–1552)

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Seymour, Jane (1509–1537)

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Seymour, Thomas, Lord Seymour of Sudeley (c. 1508–1549)

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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616)

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Shakespeare, works of

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Shakespeare family

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Ships

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Shrewsbury, Countess of

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Shrewsbury, Earl of

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Sidney, Sir Henry (1529–1586)

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Sidney, Sir Philip (1554–1586)

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Skimmington ride

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Smerwick, Siege of

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Smith, Sir Thomas (1513–1577)

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Smythson, Robert (1535–1614)

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Social hierarchy

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Society of Antiquaries

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Somerset, Duke of

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Sonnet, Shakespearean

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Southampton, Countess of

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Southampton, Earl of

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Southwell, Robert (1561–1595)

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Spain

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Spanish America

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Spanish Armada

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Speed, John (c. 1552–1629)

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Spenser, Edmund (c. 1552–1599)

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Stanley, Ferdinando, Lord Strange (1559–1594)

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Stanyhurst, Richard (1547–1618)

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Star Chamber, Court of

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States-General

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Stationers' Company

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Stationers' Register

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Statute of Apprentices

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Statute of Artificers

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Stewart, Arabella

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Stewart claim (to the throne)

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Stewart, Henry, Lord Darnley

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Stewart, James, Earl of Moray

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Stewart, Mary, Queen of Scots

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Stow, John (c. 1525–1605)

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Strange, Lord

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Stuart, Arabella (1575–1615)

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Stuart claim (to the throne)

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Stuart, Henry, Lord Darnley (1546–1567)

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Stuart, James, Earl of Moray (1531–1570)

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Stuart, Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587)

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Stucley, Sir Thomas

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Stukeley, Sir Thomas (c. 1525–1578)

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Subscription crisis

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Subsidy

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Succession, Acts of

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Sumptuary laws

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Supremacy, royal

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Survey of Cornwall

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Sussex, Earl of

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Talbot, Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury

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Talbot, George, Earl of Shrewsbury (c. 1528–1590)

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Tallis, Thomas (c. 1505–1585)

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Tarlton, Richard (d. 1588)

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Taxation

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Tenth and fifteenth

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Thirty-nine Articles

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Throckmorton, Elizabeth

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Throckmorton, Sir Nicholas (1515–1571)

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Throckmorton plot

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Tilbury Speech

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Tilney, Edmund (d. 1610)

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Tithes

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Tonnage and poundage

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Topcliffe, Richard (1532–1604)

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Totnes, Earl of

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Tower of London

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Transubstantiation

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Travel

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Treason

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“Treasure crisis” of 1568

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Treasurer

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Treaty of Berwick (1560)

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Treaty of Berwick (1586)

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Treaty of Blois

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Treaty of Bristol

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Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis

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Treaty of Edinburgh

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Treaty of Hampton Court

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Treaty of Nonsuch

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Treaty of Nymegen

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Treaty of Richmond

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Treaty of Troyes

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Troyes, Treaty of

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Tudor family

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Turkey Company

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Twelfth Night/Twelfth Day

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Tyrone, Earl of

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Tyrone's Rebellion

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Ulster enterprise (Essex)

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Ulster enterprise (Smith)

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Uniformity, Acts of

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Unitarianism

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Universities

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Valois family

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Valois, Francis (Hercules), Duke of Alençon (1554–1584)

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Vere, Edward de, Earl of Oxford (1550–1604)

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Vere, Sir Francis (1560–1609)

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Vernon, Elizabeth

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Vestiarian controversy

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Virgin Queen

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Wales

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Walsingham, Sir Francis (1532–1590)

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Wars of the Roses

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Warwick, Earl of

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Weapons

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Wentworth, Paul (1533–1593)

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Wentworth, Peter(c. 1524–1596)

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Westminster Abbey

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Westminster Hall

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Westminster Palace

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White, John (d. 1593)

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Whitehall Palace

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Whitgift, John (c. 1530–1604)

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Whittingham, William (c. 1524–1579)

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William, Prince of Orange(1533–1584)

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Williams, Sir Roger(c. 1540–1595)

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Willoughby de Eresby, Lord

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Winchester, Marquis of

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Windsor Castle

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Winter, Sir William (d. 1589)

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Witchcraft

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Women

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Wriothesley, Elizabeth, Countess of Southampton (1573–1655)

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Wriothesley, Henry, Earl of Southampton (1573–1624)

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Wyatt, Sir Thomas

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Wyatt's Rebellion

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Wynter, Sir William

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Yellow Ford, Battle of

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Yonge, Thomas

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Yorkist claim (to the throne)

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Young, Thomas (1507–1568)