Essays on Elizabethan Times

The Elizabethan era, or the Golden Age, began in 1558 when Queen Elizabeth took over the throne from Mary I; better known as Bloody Mary. The Elizabethan era was a time of change, growth and discovery. This era also brought the Renaissance, a French word…

John Guy presents the idea that Elizabeth I had a second reign from 1585, with a particular focus on her councillors and her control over them impacting different areas of policy. However, it can be argued it was inevitable for Elizabeth’s aims to change due…

‘Elizabeth’s foreign policy was mostly a series of disasters.’ Assess the validity of this view. Elizabeth’s foreign policy although having some failures was not a series of disasters, her policy would be more accurately described as fairly successful in achieving her aims though decreasingly so…

In Elizabethan times, education was not available to the public like it is now. Wealthy children had more opportunities for an education. They could afford top scholar tutors to teach them at home, which were very expensive. There was no established free “public” system of…

“An engaging aspect of texts is that authors rarely tell their stories in exactly the same way” Compare the extent to which this statement applies to each of your 3 comparative texts. My favourite thing about studying a new book, play or novel, is that…

Before Sigmund Freud, the study of psychology was highly misunderstood and had little scientific evidence to support many of the theories that circulated within the field. Although different types of psychosis were recognized, most of the time their causes were unknown. Even nowadays, psychology is…

I woke up to the smell of a simple breakfast, the cook fire was just starting, and my shrewish wife was working away in the kitchen. Today was going to be a good day. The red flag went up yesterday at the Globe Theatre, so…

The living conditions were very different in the time of Queen Elizabeth’s reign. Living conditions were abysmal for anyone but the higher classes, as they could not afford basic necessities such as food. In the meantime, the higher classes enjoyed contemporary luxuries such as working…