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The Elizabethan era was known for its excellence in the arts and, as such, proved to be a felicitous theme to celebrate two accomplished young ladies, who also happened to be named Elizabeth. So, when ...

The sacrifices some people make for art. Wearing a plumed hat, tunic and tights, Herb Ridder sings madrigals and meanders among the diners gathered in a vaulted church hall for the Bach Society of ...

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Although most people have images of courtiers in fine clothes and lavish palaces, the reality is that most Elizabethans are poor. What is it like to live in a dank, smoke-filled hovel in the ...

Elizabeth I was a Tudor queen who ruled England from 1558 - 1603. She was the daughter of Henry VIII, and the final Tudor monarch. Her reign has often been described as a ‘Golden Age’ of culture, ...

MAGIC: Charms, rituals and superstition in Elizabethan England will explore the magical folklore, rituals, fears and superstitions that were an everyday part of life in the second half of the 16th ...

Every spring, under the guise of masks and hooded costumes, members of Yale’s secret societies select the “best and brightest” of the junior class to join their ranks. But there are alternatives to ...

The witchmarks are carved into doorways, protective grotesques overlooking and courtyards and ancient poems scratched into glass. These apotropaic marks will be highlighted in the exhibition MAGIC ...