Elizabethan

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Queen Victoria on an ivory throne

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A portrait of the young Elizabeth I. (Photo by Art Collection 2/Alamy Stock Photo)

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Shakespeare and America

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Portrait of Martin Luther by Lucas Cranach, 1543. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

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Queen Elizabeth I

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James VI and I depicted in Parliament, c1605

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Illustration of pirate John Ward

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The portrait of Queen Elizabeth I known as the Ditchley portrait

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Elizabeth I shown in the Darnley portrait of c1575 and (right) the French king Henri III. (Images by Alamy/Getty Images)

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The British poster for 'Mary, Queen of Scots' (2018). Margot Robbie as Queen Elizabeth I and Saoirse Ronan as Mary Stuart. (© Focus Features / courtesy Everett Collection)

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