{"id":7586,"date":"2021-06-16T17:52:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T16:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/historyofparliament.com\/?page_id=7586"},"modified":"2022-08-10T14:01:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T13:01:30","slug":"the-first-elizabethan-age","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/historyofparliament.com\/the-first-elizabethan-age\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-light-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#eb860e;font-size:48px;\">Welcome to The First Elizabethan Age blog series<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/historyofparliament.com\/category\/the-first-elizabethan-age\/\">Click here to read our blog posts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historyofparliament.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/queen-elizabeth-i.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"538\" height=\"800\" data-attachment-id=\"7592\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/historyofparliament.com\/queen-elizabeth-i\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historyofparliament.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/queen-elizabeth-i.jpg?fit=538%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"538,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"queen-elizabeth-i\" data-image-description=\"\" 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drawing on our biographies of Elizabethan peers and MPs, and exploring parallels between the 16th century and the present day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The blog editors are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofparliamentonline.org\/about\/staff\/dr-andrew-thrush-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Andrew Thrush<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofparliamentonline.org\/about\/staff\/dr-paul-hunneyball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Paul Hunneyball<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find out more about the Lords 1558-1603 project <a href=\"https:\/\/historyofparliament.com\/2020\/01\/30\/announcement-of-new-elizabethan-house-of-lords-project\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/historyofparliament.com\/category\/the-first-elizabethan-age\/\">Click here for posts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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