Buskin of Elizabeth I of England
QUEEN ELIZABETH’S BUSKINS.
Tudor era
Category Archives: 16th Century
Habit of a Woman of Africa in 1581
African woman in 16th century
Habit of a Woman of Africa in 1581 from Habitus Variarum.
Africaine
Life on a castle. Ready to leave. 16th century.
VIE DU CHATEAU — DEPART POUR LA PROMENADE
Life on a castle. Ready to leave.
Chatelaine advances at the head of the procession. Mounted on a hatchet near by stands a page. On the right the lord dressed in green. Trumpet and bells lead the way. Miniature of the Breviary of Cardinal Grimani, attributed to Marciana Biblioteca of S.Marc, Venice. Fifteenth century.
Renaissance Helmet of Alfonso Piccololomini di Firenze.
Italy. Helmet sixteenth century with the coat of arms of the bandit Alfonso Piccolomini.
Renaissance Helmet of Alfonso Piccololomini di Firenze.
French merchant in the sixteenth century.
Renee de Rieux, demoiselle de Châteauneuf.
Renee de Rieux, demoiselle de Châteauneuf.
Renee de Rieux, demoiselle de Châteauneuf.
Dame Romaine. Renaissance fashion.
Dame Romaine
Dame Romaine (Nouvelle mairee 1581)
Renaissance style in the 16th century.
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John la Valette. Military Order of Malta.
Sir Walter Raleigh and the New World
Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1554 – 1618)
Sir Walter Raleigh tries to settle a colony in America.
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552 or 1554 in Hayes Barton, Devonshire; † October 29, 1618 in London, executed) was an English sailor, explorer, soldier, spy, politician, poet and writer and favorite of Queen Elizabeth I. His surname is also found in the spellings Rawley, Ralegh and Rawleigh. With the support of wealthy investors he financed several trips to Virginia in order to realize its colonial goals there. As a result of financed from Raleigh expeditions was in 1585 the founding of Roanoke in North Carolina.
Henry IV at the Battle of Ivry.
Henry IV at the Battle of Ivry: “Stand with my white plume”. March 14, 1590.
Henry IV at the Battle of Ivry.
King Henry IV indicating its white plume at the Battle of Ivry on March 14, 1590. “Stand with my white plume”. Henri IV à la bataille d’Ivry: “Ralliez-vous à mon panache blanc”