elizabeth i Archives - History of Royal Women

Book made by the future Queen Elizabeth I to go on display

Monday, 15 May 2023, 16:09 Moniek Bloks 0

The Bodleian Libraries will display a book made by the future Queen Elizabeth I in their new Gifts and Books exhibition. The new exhibition will focus on the importance of giving and receiving books and what this reveals about human relationships and beliefs. The book by the future Queen Elizabeth I is a translation of [read more]

Book News April 2022

Saturday, 19 March 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Our Sporting Monarchs: Royalty at War and Play Through the Ages Hardcover – 15 November 2021 (UK) & 1 April 2022 (US) Sports of all kinds have played a crucial role in the reigns of our kings and queens. Some used it for purposes both brutal and mercenary, others to boost [read more]

daughters of the north jennifer morag henderson

Book News March 2022

Saturday, 19 February 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Daughters of the North: Jean Gordon and Mary, Queen of Scots Hardcover – 17 March 2022 (UK) & 17 May 2022 (US) Mary, Queen of Scots’ marriage to the Earl of Bothwell is notorious. Less known is Bothwell’s first wife, Jean Gordon, who extricated herself from their marriage and survived the intrigue [read more]

A first look at Becoming Elizabeth

Thursday, 3 February 2022, 1:36 Moniek Bloks 0

STARZ has shared four new images from the new series about Queen Elizabeth I, Becoming Elizabeth. The series is set to be released in the summer of 2022 and it will star Alicia von Rittberg as Queen Elizabeth I. Here’s your first look at #BecomingElizabeth, coming to @STARZ Summer 2022. pic.twitter.com/U48K6dwZ6N — Becoming Elizabeth (@BecomingSTARZ) [read more]

Queen Elizabeth I – The body of a weak and feeble woman (Part four)

Monday, 28 September 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part three here. The trouble with Mary, Queen of Scots, was not over yet. The Babington Plot of 1586 saw Elizabeth’s spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham beginning to assemble a case against her. Following a letter in which Mary incriminated herself in the plot, she was put on trial. However, putting a sister sovereign to [read more]

Book News January 2020

Saturday, 21 December 2019, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Isabella of France: The Rebel Queen Paperback – 15 January 2020 (UK) & 1 April 2020 (US) Isabella of France married Edward II in January 1308, and afterwards became one of the most notorious women in English history. In 1325, she was sent to her homeland to negotiate a peace settlement between her husband and her [read more]