Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. London’s Globe Theatre, first built in 1599, served as the ...

Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire vendors — doing business in an Elizabethan England speckled by the mythical lore of creatures like mermaids — see “the real world” as everything beyond the walls of ...

Sir Walter Raleigh was a fearless adventurer and famed explorer of the Elizabethan Age. He introduced tobacco to England, searched for the golden city of El Dorado, and enjoyed the favor of Queen ...

There are three types of questions to try: knowledge, skills and develop the detail. The questions in this quiz are suitable for GCSE History students studying various topics such as the poor and ...

The Globe Theatre wasn’t the only London venue associated with William Shakespeare during the Elizabethan era. Before moving to the Globe in 1599, the Bard’s acting company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men ...

Britain's history is often split into eras that are defined by the reigning monarch. This applies to everything from culture to fashion and architecture. With the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the ...

The Tudor garden at Shaw House is now open to the public Work on a new Tudor garden at a Grade I listed Elizabethan mansion has officially been completed. The project at Shaw House, in Newbury, was ...

Elizabethan manor houses, Baroque palaces and impregnable fortresses: England has an extraordinarily rich legacy. Here are eight castles you need to see across Old Blighty! Blenheim Palace, a UNESCO ...

The state of books and articles published over the last twenty-five years demonstrates that reports of the death of Elizabethan prose fiction were greatly exaggerated. Prose by Gascoigne, Lyly, Greene ...

This article aims to reconstruct the plan of Theobalds, Hertfordshire, built between 1564 and 1585 by Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley. Theobalds was perhaps the most significant English country house ...