1485-1603, tudors

A brief account of the life of that complex personality, King Henry VIII of England.

A biography of England's Queen Elizabeth I, looking as well as the members of her court and how they served her.

Contains eighteen essays in which the authors examine various aspects of Elizabethan England, discussing political, social, and cultural turning points, the Elizabethan theater, and conquests and discoveries.

Primary and secondary source accounts provide readers with a historical perspective and comprehensive picture of the cultural, political, and social events that characterize Elizabethan England.

Traces the history of the Protestant Reformation and discusses the actions of King Henry VIII in starting a new religion in England.

Describes conditions in Elizabethan schools, providing information about the types of schools, teachers and pupils, subjects taught, and attitudes toward education.

Chronicles the life of Bess Hardwick, the fifth daughter of an impoverished Derbyshire nobleman who rose from her meager beginnings to become one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in English history.

Re-creates the daily life of people of the Elizabethan age of the 1500's, both ordinary and aristocratic, covering the history, foods, clothes, and games of the period with recipes, patterns and rules provided by participants in living history communities.

Discusses theater in sixteenth-century England, describing playwrights, plays, the audience, and Queen Elizabeth's sponsorship.

Focuses on the childhood of the queen who, during her forty-five-year reign, changed England from a minor country into a world power.