by CCash | May 12, 2025 | Detailed Show Notes
1600-1610 copy of an original portrait done in 1559, to commemorate Elizabeth I’s coronation as Queen of England. | Queen Elizabeth I of England in her coronation robes, patterned with Tudor roses and trimmed with ermine. She wears her hair loose, as traditional...
by CCash | May 12, 2025 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
Elizabeth I is perhaps the most famous Queen of England, reigning from November 1558 until her death in 1603. When you study her life, you quickly learn that she was known as “the Virgin Queen” for her staunch stance against marriage. Despite directives from her court...
by CCash | Jan 27, 2025 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
Shakespeare uses the phrase, “Hue and cry” twice in his plays. Once in Henry IV Part 1and again in Merry Wives of Windsor. In the Middle Ages, this phrase represented a civilian peacekeeping effort that remained officially on the books in England until the 19th...
by CCash | Jan 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
From the Episode: Here’s the Chaucer quote from the Wife of Bath’s tale. The quote is taken from F. N. Robinson, ed.,The Riverside Chaucer, 3rd ed. (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1988), 256. “My felawe mordred is this same nyght, And in this carte he lith...
by CCash | Jan 13, 2025 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
Golf isn’t mentioned in Shakespeare’s plays, but it was a game that was in existence for the 16-17th century. There are some major moments for golf history overlapping with the life of William Shakespeare. For example, it was England’s King James I, patron...
