Life in Elizabeth 1 and James the 1 CourtLeeAnn SmithCourtney Tomlinson

Elizabeth’s ReignDaughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn- claimed as a bastard child once Anne Boleyn was beheaded

Ruled England, Wales and Ireland

Reigned from 1558-1603

Known as “The Virgin Queen”

Religious Settlement (1559)

Elizabeth excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Pius V (1570)

Bond of Association (1584). In this the Queen's loyal subjects vowed to take revenge on anyone who killed her

Poor Law Act (1601)

Elizabeth’s Palaces

Hatfield Place

Hampton Court Palace

Greenwich Palace- Her place of birth

Whitehall Palace

Palace of St. James

Richmond Palace

Windsor Castle

Nonsuch Palace

Palace of Westminister

Whitehall Palace

Greenwich Palace

Court Life

Over 1,000 people usually attended court

Everyone had access to the Presence Chamber

- where Elizabeth had audiences

-also where most of the socializing took place

Court was held wherever the Queen was.

Queen had two private rooms

-her bed chamber

- Privy Chamber

Dinner/ SupperDinner was usually served at noon

-usually served in the Presence Chamber

-Courtiers usually ate their food here

-Elizabeth ate in her Privy Chamber usually

Supper was served between 5-6 in the evening

- plays, musical performances, masques and balls were usually performed afterward in the Presence Chamber

* Shakespeare presented many of his plays after dinner in the Presence Chamber for the Queen

Pastimes

Hunting

Bear baits

Dog baits

Hawking

Jousting

CourtiersArchbishops

Spies from different countries

Traditional Courtiers

-certain flamboyance of dress and manner

-flattery, gifts, expected to be courted by music, by dancing, and by words of love and devotion.

Political Advisors

-degree of sobriety

- dressed mainly in all black

Servants

Sir Robert Dudley, Elizabeth’s favorite Courtier

James 1st Reign

Son of Mary Queen of Scots and Lord Henry Darnley- born 1566

Started rule of England 1603

Ruled over England, Scotland, Ireland

Gunpowder Plot of 1605

Ruled for 29 years in Scotland

Ended England’s war with Spain- first act as king

James 1st’s Palaces

Edinburgh Castle-Scotland

Whitehall palace

Greenwich Place

Palace of St. James

Richmond place

Windsor Palace

Nonsuch Place

Edinburgh Castle

James’ Pastimes

Liked to hunt, even though he had weak legs

As You Like It- the Duke who was exiled to the country loved to hunt the stag

Was obsessed with witch hunting

*Rumored to have a homosexual relationship

Shakespeare in James 1st’s Court

Became known as the King’s Players

Players took pride of place so they usually opened the festivities on December 26.

The company would have at most 2 new Shakespearean plays each year.

The rest of its court performances would be of new plays by other playwrights and older Shakespeare plays

Hamlet revenge plot mirrored the Stuart family revenge story.

His Stuart plays took up the most sensitive issues of the day, unlike in Elizabeth’s court where they were less controversial.

Shakespeare Continued

1613-14 Season- was November 4-through March 8. 14 plays with no title

BibliographyThe Kings Playwright- Alvin Kearnan

http://www.elizabethi.org/uk/homework/print.html

http://www.elizabethi.org/uk/court/

http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/springfield/eliz/introelizperiod.html

http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/james/jamesbio.htm

http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon46.html