Reading the Past | Elizabeth I and William Camden: The New Information and Findings in Context @ReadingthePast | Uploaded August 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Last month we got news of an historical text discovery that is providing us with new information about the Elizabethan period and its legacy. Today, I want to talk about this text as a whole, to explore it within its historical context – what do we know about the author? What did we think we knew about his work? And how much has this discovery changed our earlier understanding?
Let’s take a look at William Camden and his Annales…
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Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [youtube.com/watch?v=qeIkbW49B6A]
SFX from freesfx.co.uk/Default.aspx
Linked videos and playlists:
End of the first Elizabethan Age: youtu.be/YYfLmHNVreg
Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):
Screenshots for title sequence from:
1) theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/14/heart-stopping-censored-pages-of-history-of-elizabeth-i-reappear-after-400-years
2) smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hidden-for-400-years-censored-pages-reveal-new-insights-on-elizabeth-is-reign-180982554
3) finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/new-imaging-technology-uncovers-400-year-old-hidden-elizabethan-text
Screenshots from British Library press release from: bl.uk/press-releases/2023/july/british-library-researcher-throws-new-light-on-elizabeth-i
The title page of William Camden's Britannia (1607 edition).
Portrait of Gabriel Goodman, a copy by George Perfect Harding, after an unknown artist’s watercolour (early 19th century). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Map showing the rivers of England only.
Detail from the funeral procession of Elizabeth I of England, 1603. William Camden, Clarenceux King of Arms is shown bearing the Tabard or "coate", between two gentleman ushers (c.1603). From Richard Marks and Anne Payne, eds. “British Heraldry, from its origins to c. 1800”, British Museum Publications, 1978.
Detail from the funeral procession of Elizabeth I of England, 1603 showing "The Helme and Creaste borne by Raffe Brooke Yorke Herald of Armes" (c.1603). From Richard Marks and Anne Payne, eds. “British Heraldry, from its origins to c. 1800”, British Museum Publications, 1978.
Portrait of William Camden by or after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (17th century, based on a work of 1609). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Frontispiece and titlepage from a 1675 edition of William Camden's biography of Queen Elizabeth I. From the private Collection of S. Whitehead.
Quoted texts:
bl.uk/press-releases/2023/july/british-library-researcher-throws-new-light-on-elizabeth-i
Wyman H. Herendeen, ODNB entry on William Camden.
Also consulted, were:
Other relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.
openlibrary.org/books/OL6928802M/Annales
bl.uk/collection-guides/cotton-manuscripts
#History #ElizabethI #WilliamCamden
Last month we got news of an historical text discovery that is providing us with new information about the Elizabethan period and its legacy. Today, I want to talk about this text as a whole, to explore it within its historical context – what do we know about the author? What did we think we knew about his work? And how much has this discovery changed our earlier understanding?
Let’s take a look at William Camden and his Annales…
I hope you enjoy this video and find it interesting!
Please subscribe and click the bell icon to be updated about new videos.
Also, if you want to get in touch, please comment down below or find me on social media:
Instagram and Threads: katrina.marchant
Twitter: @kat_marchant
TikTok: @katrina_marchant
Email: readingthepastwithdrkat@gmail.com
Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [youtube.com/watch?v=qeIkbW49B6A]
SFX from freesfx.co.uk/Default.aspx
Linked videos and playlists:
End of the first Elizabethan Age: youtu.be/YYfLmHNVreg
Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):
Screenshots for title sequence from:
1) theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/14/heart-stopping-censored-pages-of-history-of-elizabeth-i-reappear-after-400-years
2) smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hidden-for-400-years-censored-pages-reveal-new-insights-on-elizabeth-is-reign-180982554
3) finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/new-imaging-technology-uncovers-400-year-old-hidden-elizabethan-text
Screenshots from British Library press release from: bl.uk/press-releases/2023/july/british-library-researcher-throws-new-light-on-elizabeth-i
The title page of William Camden's Britannia (1607 edition).
Portrait of Gabriel Goodman, a copy by George Perfect Harding, after an unknown artist’s watercolour (early 19th century). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Map showing the rivers of England only.
Detail from the funeral procession of Elizabeth I of England, 1603. William Camden, Clarenceux King of Arms is shown bearing the Tabard or "coate", between two gentleman ushers (c.1603). From Richard Marks and Anne Payne, eds. “British Heraldry, from its origins to c. 1800”, British Museum Publications, 1978.
Detail from the funeral procession of Elizabeth I of England, 1603 showing "The Helme and Creaste borne by Raffe Brooke Yorke Herald of Armes" (c.1603). From Richard Marks and Anne Payne, eds. “British Heraldry, from its origins to c. 1800”, British Museum Publications, 1978.
Portrait of William Camden by or after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (17th century, based on a work of 1609). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Frontispiece and titlepage from a 1675 edition of William Camden's biography of Queen Elizabeth I. From the private Collection of S. Whitehead.
Quoted texts:
bl.uk/press-releases/2023/july/british-library-researcher-throws-new-light-on-elizabeth-i
Wyman H. Herendeen, ODNB entry on William Camden.
Also consulted, were:
Other relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.
openlibrary.org/books/OL6928802M/Annales
bl.uk/collection-guides/cotton-manuscripts
#History #ElizabethI #WilliamCamden
