Elizabethan

English 2022 September 9 Etymology vertical Elizabeth I (Armada Portrait).jpg One of the Armada Portraits (1588) of Elizabeth I, who reigned from 1558 to 1603. Elizabeth II opens Welsh Parliament in 2021 (cropped 2).jpg Elizabeth II, who reigned from 1952 to 2022, opening the Senedd Cymru or Welsh Parliament on 14 October 2021. Carle Vanloo, Portrait de l’impératrice Élisabeth Petrovna (1760).jpg Charles-André van Loo’s portrait of Elizabeth of Russia, who reigned from 1741 to 1762. From en Elizabeth an suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives; and forming agent nouns,adj. and n 60504 September 2022 1; adj. and n. referring to Elizabeth I (1533–1603), Elizabeth II (1926–2022), and Elizabeth of Russia (1709–1762). Pronunciation en /ɪˌlɪzəˈbiːθ(ə)n/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Elizabethan.wav Southern England en /əˌlɪzəˈbiθ(ə)n/ GA en iːθən 5 en Eliz a beth an Adjective Pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland, from 1558 to 1603. en Elizabethian 95 This Elizabethan Era, and all its nobleness and blessedness, came without proclamation, preparation of ours. Priceless Shakspeare was the free gift of Nature; given altogether silently;—received altogether silently, as if it had been a thing of little account. And yet, very literally, it is a priceless thing. en 1961 Harry E. Wedeck Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs The Citadel Press New York 195 Although the potato actually has no exciting value, it was believed, in the seventeenth century, to possess definite aphrodisiac qualities, and is frequent mentioned in this respect in Elizabethan drama. Justifiably Angry Young Man 93 I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because "it was wicked to dress us like charity children". en Doddington’s garden pyramid is a folly good show: The owners of a Lincolnshire stately home have brought the folly into the 21st century, by building a 30ft pyramid [print edition: Great pyramid of Lincolnshire, 6 September 2014, page G2] https://web.archive.org/web/20210620200841/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardenstovisit/11074319/Doddingtons-garden-pyramid-is-a-folly-good-show.html 20 June 2021 w:Jason Seiken w:The Daily Telegraph London w:Telegraph Media Group 7 September 2014 0307-1235 635239717 [T]he owners of Doddington Hall, in Lincolnshire, have brought the folly into the 21st century, by building a 30ft pyramid in the grounds of the Elizabethan manor. Often preceded by new or second: pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom, from 1952 to 2022. en w:Elizabeth II Christmas Broadcast 1953 British Monarchy https://web.archive.org/web/20220914084900/https://www.royal.uk/christmas-broadcast-1953 14 September 2022 25 December 1953 Some people have expressed the hope that my reign may mark a new Elizabethan age. Frankly I do not myself feel at all like my great Tudor forbear, But there is at least one very significant resemblance between her age and mine. For her Kingdom, small though it may have been and poor by comparison with her European neighbours, was yet great in spirit and well endowed with men who were ready to encompass the earth. en w:Alexandra Petri I loved the Elizabethan era so much I decided to live in it w:The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2015/09/09/i-loved-the-elizabethan-era-so-much-i-decided-to-live-in-it/ Washington, D.C. The Washington Post Company 9 September 2015 0190-8286 638319713 (The second Elizabethan era, that is. I’m not a maniac.) https://web.archive.org/web/20220703005800/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2015/09/09/i-loved-the-elizabethan-era-so-much-i-decided-to-live-in-it/ 3 July 2022 en Peter Webster The New Elizabethan Age: Culture, Society and National Identity after World War II [book review] LSE Review of Books https://web.archive.org/web/20220226160837/https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/the-new-elizabethan-age-book-review/ 26 February 2022 19 February 2017 Not everything that occurred in the early 1950s may usefully be dubbed ‘New Elizabethan’ without emptying the concept of its meaning. [I]t becomes clear that British people in the 1950s looked all over for resources to fund their thinking and actions, including to Tudor revivals that were in fact much older, such as in music, and to several periods of the past that were not Elizabethan. en w:Polly Toynbee This is a moment to mark the Elizabethan era, and ask what Britain has become w:Katharine Viner w:The Guardian https://web.archive.org/web/20220821042530/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/13/elizabethan-era-britain-reign-tory-party 21 August 2022 London Guardian News & Media 13 April 2021 0261-3077 229952407 The Elizabethan age is slowly drawing to a close. The end of Prince Philip's long life is a dress rehearsal for its final curtain, when the country will find itself reviewing what it has become, the choices it has made. There is just time to see off the rotten party that brought the country low, and end the Elizabethan era with some of the optimism with which it began. en Laura Clancy Queen Elizabeth II: The End of the ‘New Elizabethan Age’ Jo Adetunji The Conversation https://web.archive.org/web/20220908191922/https://theconversation.com/queen-elizabeth-ii-the-end-of-the-new-elizabethan-age-157897 8 September 2022 8 September 2022 [T]he austerity and restraint of the 1940s was giving way to a more prosperous 1950s. It is perhaps no wonder, then, that the Queen's succession was hailed as the "new Elizabethan age". The Queen's death is bound to prompt Britain's reflection on its past, its present and its future. Time will tell what the reign of Charles III will look like, but one thing is for sure: the "new Elizabethan age" is long gone. en w:Liz Truss Prime Minister’s Statement on the Death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II w:Government of the United Kingdom https://web.archive.org/web/20220908184519/https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/prime-ministers-statement-on-the-death-of-her-majesty-queen-elizabeth-ii 8 September 2022 8 September 2022 Today the Crown passes—as it is has done for more than a thousand years—to our new monarch, our new head of state: His Majesty King Charles III. And with the passing of the second Elizabethan age, we usher in a new era in the magnificent history of our great country,—exactly as Her Majesty would have wished—by saying the words … God save the King. Pertaining to the reign of Empress Elizabeth of Russia, from 1741 to 1762. en w:Sidney Harcave Russia: A History Chicago, Ill.; Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y. J. B. Lippincott Company 1956 120 In any case, his [Peter III’s] action was a complete reversal of the Elizabethan policy, and his offer of unconditional peace eliminated Russia’s chance to secure concessions from Frederick. en Melvin C. Wren The Course of Russian History 1963 295 The extent of her [Catherine the Great’s] knowledge and her appetite for reading made her one of the best-read women in Europe and the most unusual and outstanding woman in Elizabethan Russia. en Walter Gleason The Political and Legal Writings of Denis Fonvizin Ardis Publishers 1985 203 0-88233-799-8 When Moscow University was initially opened in 1755, its “founder” was I. I. Shuvalov (1727-1797), a prominent cultural figure in Elizabethan Russia and, with his brothers Peter and Alexander, the key political force at the court in the 1750’s. Derived terms en Elizabethan collar Elizabethan English Elizabethanise,Elizabethanize,elizabethanize Elizabethanism Elizabethanly Elizabethanness Elizabethan sonnet Jacobethan Tudorbethan Translations pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland; or to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 伊麗莎白時代的 Czech: cs alžbětinský Dutch: nl elizabethaans Esperanto: eo Elizabeta Finnish: fi elisabetiaaninen French: fr élisabéthain German: de elisabethanisch Greek: el ελισαβετιανός Italian: it elisabettiano Polish: pl elżbietański Portuguese: pt elisabetano, pt isabelino Romanian: ro elisabetan Spanish: es isabelino Swedish: sv elisabetansk Noun A person (especially a writer) who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland, from 1558 to 1603. en A[lfred] L[eslie] Rowse Drake’s Voyage The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake, 1628 and The Relation of a Wonderfull Voiage by William Cornelison Schouten, 1619Historical Introductions by A. L. Rowse and Bibliographical Notes by Robert O. Dougan, Librarian of The Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California Cleveland, Oh. w:World Publishing Company 1966 13 https://books.google.com/books?id=BDwFAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA3-PT45 1086789105 Here too [Francis] Drake had luck: he took advantage of the Sultan of Ternate's war with the Portuguese garrison upon Tidore to make a treaty with him to sell his produce exclusively to the English. The literal-minded Elizabethans attached great importance to this: on the principle of never throwing an argument away, they regarded it as giving them a right to share in the spice-trade. A person who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom, from 1952 to 2022. en Peter Webster The New Elizabethan Age: Culture, Society and National Identity after World War II [book review] LSE Review of Books https://web.archive.org/web/20220226160837/https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/the-new-elizabethan-age-book-review/ 26 February 2022 19 February 2017 The ‘New Elizabethans’ were to be in continuity with their past, but also youthful, inventive, exploratory – a spirit most clearly to be seen in the arts. Translations person who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland; or the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom Finnish: fi kuningatar Elisabetin valtakaudella elänyt Polish: pl elżbietanin m, pl elżbietańczyk m References Further reading Elizabethan era Elizabeth I Elizabeth II en eponyms