QUEEN ELIZABETH I

QUEEN ELIZABETH
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Queen Elizabeth was a great follower of fashion. While in private she preferred to wear simple gowns, when she was in public, she dressed to impress.
Clothes were an important status symbol to the Elizabethans, and a person had to dress in accordance with their social status.
The Queen had gorgeous, elaborate dresses of all colours, but white and black were her favourite colours as they symbolized virginity and purity.  The Queen's gowns were decorated with diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and all kinds of jewels.
To complete her appearance, the Queen would wear accessories such as a fan, a pomander to ward of foul smells and it was thought against infection, earrings, a diamond or pearl necklace, and a watch encased in a bracelet, the first known in England.
Like other women, she would also often wear a miniature Prayer Book attached to her girdle.
The Queen was never fully dressed without her make-up especially after an attack of smallpox (vaiolo) in 1562. She painted her face with white lead (biacca di piombo), which was poisonous, and vinegar, put rouge on her lips and painted her cheeks with red dye and egg white.
Like other Elizabethan, the Queen hat all teeth rotted and she would stuff rags into her mouth.
She had also followed the fashion of wearing a wig from her youth on.

La regina Elisabetta seguì attentamente la moda. Mentre in privato preferiva vestire abiti semplici, quando era in pubblico vestiva per stupire.
Gli abiti erano un importante modo d’essere per gli elisabettiani e le persone vestivano in accordo con il loro ceto sociale.
La regina aveva elaborati abiti con gorgiere, di tutti i colori, anche se il bianco ed il nero erano i suoi preferiti perchè simboleggiavano la verginità e la purezza. Gli abiti della regina erano decorati con diamanti, rubini, zaffiri ed ogni tipo di gioielli.
A completare il look, la regina indossava accessori come un ventaglio, un pomolo che spandeva profumo per allontanare le infezioni, orecchini, una collana di diamanti o di perle ed un orologio incassato in un braccialetto, il primo conosciuto in Inghilterra.
Come le altre donne, la regina portava un libro di preghiere in miniatura attaccato alla cintura.
La regina non era  completamente vestita senza il suo trucco, specialmente dopo l’epidemia di vaiolo del  1562. Dipingeva la faccia con una biacca bianca, molto nociva, ed aceto, metteva il rosso sulle labbra e dipingeva le guance di tintura rossa e bianco d’uovo.
Come gli altri Elisabettiani, la regina aveva tutti i denti cariati e teneva in bocca una specie di dentiera.
Inoltre ha sempre seguito la moda di portare la parrucca fin da giovane.

ELIZABETHAN FOOD

Over the course of the Tudor period, more and more foods were introduced into society as they were discovered in the New World, such as Tomatoes,  Turkey, Beans and of course the Potato.
However, the Elizabethans did not know quite how to use or cook these foods, so they were not as tasty as they could have been.

The Tudors were fond of desserts. They enjoyed, cakes, cream, and crystallized fruit. They were especially fond of sugar and marzipan, made out such as animals, birds, fruits or baskets.

Of course this is the motive while the Elizabethans teeth were rotted.

Nel corso del periodo dei Tudor, molti nuovi cibi furono introdotti alla società grazie alle scoperte nel nuovo mondo, come i pomodori, i tacchini, i fagioli e naturalmente le patate.
Tuttavia gli elisabettiani ancora non conoscevano il modo per cuocerli e cucinarli nel modo migliore, così non erano così buoni come avrebbero dovuto essere.
I Tudor erano golosi di dessert. Amavano torte, creme e frutta cristallizzata. Erano veramente ghiotti di zucchero e marzapane a forma di animali, uccelli, frutta o cestini.
Naturalmente questo è il motivo per il quale i denti degli elisabettiani erano cariati.

QUEEN ELIZABETH AND THE MUSIC

The Elizabethans loved music, and Elizabeth was no exception. She was a musician and played an instrument called the VIRGINAL, a small rectangular harpsichord and the LUTE.  She enjoyed musical entertainments, encouraged musicians and composers, and was especially fond of dancing. She would dance every morning to keep herself fit. Elizabeth also liked to sing and reputedly sang well.
Elizabeth was also a patron of arts and literature, and loved watching plays, masques, and other dramatic performances.

Queen Elizabeth loved the MADRIGAL. The Madrigal is a pastoral song it developed in northern Italy in the 14th century: Petrarch wrote a number of them.
During the Tudor period the Madrigal was adapted to English language.  The madrigal poem is usually short and simple

The influence of the Italian madrigalists is also to be found in the AYRES, song written for a simple voice to an l accompaniment.

Music in the Tudor age was also used for theatrical entertainment.
Initially it was used in the MASQUE, a later version of the INTERLUDE, presented through allegory and interspersed (inframmentata) with a mixture of music, song and dance. A new genre called “opera” was gaining ground, especially in Italy.

The Elizabethan age loved music and produced recognized masters like the poet- musicians Thomas Campien and John Dowland.
From popular ballads and dance to solemn church music and the sophisticated music of the court, Elizabethan music was varied and delightful.

Gli elisabettiani amavano la musica ed Elisabetta non fece eccezione. Fu musicista e suonò uno strumento chiamato Virginale, un piccolo clavicembalo rettangolare, ed il liuto. Amava gli spettacoli musicali, incoraggiava musicisti e compositori ed amava danzare. Ogni mattina danzava per tenersi in forma. Elizabeth amava anche cantare e si dice che lo facesse bene. Elizabeth patrocinava arte e letteratura ed amava guardare giochi, e spettacoli drammatici.
La regina Elizabeth a ava il Madrigale. Il madrigale era una canzone pastorale sviluppatasi nel 14simo secolo nell’Italia m settentrionale. Petrarca ne scrisse molti. Durante il periodo dei Tudor, il madrigale fu adattato alla lingua inglese. Il poema madrigale di solito è corto e semplice.
L’influenza dei madrigalisti italiani è da ricercare anche nelle arie, canzoni scritte per una sola voce con accompagnamento.
La musica nel periodo dei Tudor fu usata anche per gli spettacoli teatrali. Inizialmente fu usata durante la masque, una vecchia versione dell’interludio, presentato tramite allegorie,ed inframezzato da musica danza e canzoni. Un nuovo genere chiamato opera stava prendendo piede specialmente in Italia.
 Gli elisabettiani amavano la musica e produssero talenti come i poeti- musicisti Thomas Campien e John Dowland.
Dalle ballate popolari e danza alla solenne musica religiosa e le sofisticate musiche di corte, la musica elisabettiana era varia e piacevole.


The following song celebrated queen Elizabeth.

ELIZA IS THEFAIRES QUEEN

Eliza is the fairest Queen
That ever trod upon the green.
Eliza's eyes are blessed stars,
Inducing peace, subduing wars.
O blessed be each day and hour
Where sweet Eliza builds her bower.

Eliza's hand is crystal bright,
Her words are balm, her looks are light.
Eliza's breast is that fair hill,
Where virtue dwells, and sacred skill.
O blessed be each day and hour
Where sweet Eliza builds her bower.
Come again, come again, come again,
sweet nature’s treasure
whose looks hold joys exceeding measure.