Printing is one of three things identified by the great English philosopher Francis Bacon, as making the Elizabethan age so different from what went earlier.' DR IAN MORTIMER:'The other two are ...

Half the entire Elizabethan population is under the age ... This is a major change and has to count as one of the turning points in English social history. From now on, helping the poor isn ...

Exploring one of the most remarkable decades in English literary history, the 1590s ... has written an admirably intelligent and sensitive book that should be of great interest to anyone studying or ...

In this study of privateering during the Elizabethan war with Spain, which was originally published in 1966, Dr Andrews shows that it was closely connected with trade, in particular having a ...

Today that long week of transition comes to an end. In the earliest years of her reign, a new Elizabethan Age was proclaimed by some. Such was the excitement over the young queen, the marvels of ...