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    • Studies in Depth: Elizabethan England
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Studies in Depth: Elizabethan England

Few organisations can offer the range of objects and resources we have available for students of the Tudors.

• Tournament armours in the galleries of Elizabethan Courtiers such as Robert Dudley and Southampton
• We have a ‘Hands On’ approach in the Education Centre with original and replica artefacts
• We use a variety of visual and archival sources
• We examine the changing nature of society in Elizabethan England and the consequences of new trading links.
• These specially constructed Elizabethan sessions focus in depth on key themes in Elizabeth’s reign.
• Includes a twenty minute presentation, using contemporary images, followed by an interactive handling experience with original and replica objects and costumes.

Elizabethan Privateering

• Investigates the motivations, methods and achievements of Privateers.
• Tudor Trade, colonisation and slavery.
• Examines the Armada as a case study.

Progresses, Patronage and Faction

• Investigates the cult of Gloriana
• Examines the impacts of Tournaments and progresses
• Uses key events such as Mary, Queen of Scots and Essex’s Rebellion, to demonstrate the nature of Elizabethan power.

To Book

• All sessions last 60 minutes, with a maximum number of 32 students.
• Our sessions are £3 per student, with one adult free per ten students.

Tel: 0113 220 1888
Email: educate.leeds@armouries.org.uk

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