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 ...

TWO open-air theatre performances are taking place at Hedingham Castle this summer. Hedingham Castle will host two productions in the castle grounds, beginning with a new Tudor comedy on Sunday, July ...

The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I, by Stephen Alford, Bloomsbury, 2012, 398 pages, $35 England in particular has a long history of spying on its own people. It is no ...

Through the well-documented lives of William, 3rd Baron Vaux, and his nine children, Childs takes us to the heart of the underground resistance movement in Elizabethan England. In the early years of ...

In England, Emilia is the mistress of a nobleman and crosses paths with a man named Will — yes, that Will — who believes himself to be on a similar world-saving mission.

Experience a time-travelling escape as Elizabethan England comes to life at the Canterbury Renaissance Faire. Although the event has moved, it is still nestled away in a shaded grove in Silverton.

Escape reality for a weekend and visit the village of Merriwick. The Washington Midsummer Renaissance Faire is the best way to spend a summer night.

Gruesome bear fights once entertained Elizabethan England. Animal bones can tell archeologists more about these 'bear-baiting' spectacles. By Andrew Paul. Published Feb 18, 2025 11:58 AM EST.

Just as the poachers of olden England slew the Queen’s deer and made ready to take the consequences, so the ‘blockaders’ of Elizabethan America crush their com, set their ‘beers,’ make ...

Elizabethan England narrowly escaped invasion by an enormous naval force. ... The Spanish Enterprise and England’s Deliverance in 1588,” Colin Martin and Geoffrey Parker trace the genesis, ...