Queen Elizabeth I’s portraits are full of symbolism ... She sits under a canopy, reserved for royal family members, holding the scepter and orb. Members of Parliament surround her, and the ...

Elizabeth I ordered the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic claimant to the English throne, on this day in 1587 Sarah Holzmann Francis Drake's successful voyage included British sailors ...

A portrait of Elizabeth I, painted when she was around ... Like her, he had also been imprisoned under Mary I, and had seen family members executed. Dudley was a more radical Protestant than ...