A few links here that are designed to stretch you a bit. With your workload as great as it is, it is easy to lose sight of how important further reading is – please make time. Your first port of call should be the reading lists that we give you for each unit of study. Remember that these go from easy to advanced. All named books are in the school library.
Now the new stuff. The first is an excellent general website on Elizabeth I-http://www.elizabethi.org/uk/ – this can be used in different ways at different stages of the course, and it is worth saving to your favourites.
The second website is a history page from a Shakespeare educational site –http://hfriedberg.web.wesleyan.edu/engl205/wshakespeare/plotsandrebelions.htm. It is useful to us as students often struggle with the what to know about, and the significance of the rebellions in Elizabeth’s forty five year reign. It actually has all you need to know about the the Ridolfi Plot (1571), the Throckmorton Plot (1583), and the Babington Plot (1586), and is a good introduction into the Essex Rebellion of 1601.
Finally, the you tube Yale lecture below is obviously rather high for us, but it is excellent and original. It is well named The Monarchical Republic. I learnt a few things – not least the extent to which Cecil had plans in place if Elizabeth was assassinated.
Finally – remember to let me know of any good information / sites that you come across.
Mr Kydd.
