Unique collection of Queen Elizabeth the First's possessions go on display
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- (30 Apr 2003) SHOTLIST
1. Various ext Maritime Museum, Greenwich
2. Exterior with guest curator walking past giant poster
3. SOUNDBITE (English) David Starkey, Guest Curator and Historian:
"This is an exhibition that contains, I think, practically everything that is important about Queen Elizabeth I who died 400 years ago this year. There are the letters she wrote, there are the jewels she wore. There are the pictures that show exactly what she looked like. And it is all here."
4. Various paintings of Elizabeth
5. Mid shot saddle
6, Painting of Elizabeth
7. SOUNDBITE (English) David Starkey, Guest Curator and Historian:
"I think Elizabeth is important really in two ways. She is important as a myth, the myth of the virgin queen, and the myth of the young woman that emerges from the tower from nowhere to become England's greatest monarch. But she is historically tremendously important. Because she is really why we are England. If it hadn't had been for Elizabeth we would have gone, I think into one of two extremes, a kind of rabid Catholicism or an equally extreme Protestantism. Elizabeth instead holds the ring, she is responsible you know, for the fact that we have still got cathedrals. If Elizabeth hadn't been there and extreme Protestantism had won, all the beauty, the interiors, the stained glass would have vanished. She preserves the choirs. So those things that we regard absolutely essentially English, like cathedrals and their music, the very nature of the religious service itself, Elizabeth is responsible for preserving that. "
8. Armoured horse and rider
9. Various silverware
10. SOUNDBITE (English) David Starkey, Guest Curator and Historian:
"They come from everywhere really. There is stuff from the Kremlin. Astonishingly the best silver, the best royal silver went off to the Kremlin immediately after Elizabeth's death. It was sold by the Stuarts and it has been got back. There is a jug there that weighs 30 kilos of solid silver. We have got wonderful armours that were worn by the kind of boss figures, because England was run for a bit like the mafia, the boss figures that dominate the politics of her youth under her father. And the first thing you see as you go into the exhibition is the astonishing armour for a man and a horse, and it is coming back home."
11. Various embroidered fabrics
12. Various silverware
13. SOUNDBITE (English) David Starkey, Guest Curator and Historian:
"The most stunning physical objects are the armour of the Earl of Pembroke. This huge mounted armour that gives you a sense of the vicious thuggery of the world that Elizabeth has to control as a woman. And how does a woman control this kind of brutal masculine environment. And the silver that comes from the Kremlin. It is opulent, it is barbaric, and it gives you a sense of the splendor of Elizabeth's court."
14. Various body armour
A UNIQUE LOOK AT THE ENGLAND'S VIRGIN QUEEN
The greatest collection of personal items, paintings, fine art objects and manuscripts relating to Queen Elizabeth I is to go on display at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London.
The exhibition opens on May 1st and will commemorate the 400th anniversary of her death.
The show's star exhibit is Elizabeth's first speech as Queen, addressed to her secretary Sir William Cecil and the Lord's of Mary's Council, three days after the death of her sister.
Elizabeth was born in Greenwich and spent her first months at Greenwich Palace, birthplace of Henry VIII, on the site of what is now the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site.
'Elizabeth' runs until 14th September 2003.
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The queen's saddle I saw close up when I visited Warwick Castle in 2014. It is tiny and absolutly gorgeous
Saw that saddle in the 90’s it really was tiny ,looked like a kids saddle.
I saw this exhibition in 2003 at the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich close to the site of the palace where Elizabeth was born. I've long been fascinated by her and recently discovered she is my 2nd cousin 16 times removed.
Are you a descendent of Mary Boleyn then?
@@cherrytraveller5915 not as far I know but I am descended from Anne & Mary's grandfather Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk
Thank God for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth I.
There must be many of Elizabeth Ist and Henry VIII's possessions out there somewhere.
Actually I don't think there is much stuff. Charles sold most of it off
Sadly she had a giant house that was just all get dresses/ outfits she wore. When the great fire happened it destroyed the building and so did all of those outfits.
wondering if any of her gorgeous dresses still survive after all of these years would be wonderful to see any!!
whitedove886 I believe one has been found recently. Please search for “Elizabeth’s Lost dress,” or “The Bacton Altar cloth.” I think you’ll love it!
At this display that they did a horrible job showing all the things that belong to Elizabeth it seemed like it was just a show for Starkey to talk... At the very last view of part of the display it shows a couple pieces of cloth and those are part of one of Elizabeth's dresser. I believe it told at that display in 2020 because I was there to view it so it didn't happen just 4 years ago... That when James came his wife and her friends would put on plays and they cut up Elizabeth's dresses for costumes
th-cam.com/video/mjai9PoRMo8/w-d-xo.html enjoy xx
Only one which was made into an altar cloth
I know some fabric from her dress was preserved
It would be nice to know what the pictures were.
This was supposed to be showing her jewels and possessions. It was boring and the ex-Latino’s did not go with the silver.
I think this is just a clip maybe of the original but it was poor editing. Starkey should have been talkin while the items were being shown and I saw this exhibition in person in 2000 or 2001 I can't remember exactly which year but it was that it was at the palace that's further down the Thames River
@@kathleenmurphy2379 this exhibition was in 2003 at Greenwich
@@pedanticradiator1491 thank you for setting this date straight! I went through a messy divorce and my husband was getting remarried so my godfather my uncle plan to trip to London and Ireland to get my mind off of things. The date was kind of fuzzy but you have cleared my mind! We didn't know about the exposition we just took a trip down river on a boat to go to Greenwich to see where the prime meridian started and just to tour the city. It was an extra special delight should be able to see that exposition. I remember a piece of a dress it was on display the Cameo ring that had her picture and her mother's picture painted in it and there was a mirror in the case so you could see both because it wouldn't open the whole way. And the set of silver given to her by Ivan the Terrible was interesting along with the fact that James the first wife put on plays and they used her thousand dresses as costumes and cut them up. I remember Elizabeth saddle being there on display. I also found it Charming that they were celebrating the 400th anniversary of her death. So I guess I could have gotten the date straight in My Mind by looking up the year that she died! Thank you so much
This is so badly filmed Starkey is great but where are Elizabeth's things? I wish they had filmed the whole exhibition for posterity as it was obviously a huge achievement. What a loss..................... 6/10 Could do better!!!
Very disappointing video.
Elizabeth being responsible for cathedrals is a stretch.
Very little is shown in the video.
Are these things going to be on display in 2022? I would love to see it all!
This was filmed in 2003
Uh your not going to tell us what those are?
She is responsible for Cathedrals? Cathedrals were built by Catholics until Henry 8th wanted a new wife so he started the Church of Henry the Eighth.
TheBambislayer I heard the narrator say that Elizabeth’s tolerance of Catholics allowed the cathedrals to remain intact . I’m catholic and see the whole Protestant reformation as a violent time . Admittedly , the Vatican had become corrupt and needed reforming but it became too extreme. Then, there was five years of Bloody Mary , another extremist . Henry VIII traumatized almost every woman in his life . I’m so grateful I’m American where religious tolerance is built into our constitution .
Thank God for Anne Boleyn.
@@honey-feeney9800 Elizabeth was just as bloody for her persecution of Catholics, more so than Mary was of protestants. Crushing a woman to death between the doors of her house for letting a Catholic priest inside to celebrate Holy Mass, for starters. She was NOT tolerant of Catholics, only the churches and cathedrals they built because they were beautiful and served for protestant "worship."
Video is very badly done. Sound is awful.
Expected to see, more pictures or something more of Elizabeth 1.
But it's a terrible disappointment.
Darn....missed the exhibit..... (SMILE)
Have been to England before. Too bad something like this wasn't put together when I was there. All joking aside I think I was there about a year and a half before this exhibit ever took place. Q TO ANYONE IN BRITAIN: Does anyone know are these items still on display (all in the same place, anywhere) or are they all scattered all over Britain in various museums?
It's amazing that there are all these items of, QEI, and aside for the accidental finding of the Bacton Altar cloth, not a single ' dad-gum' (American slang) one of her COMPLETE dresses survives. Don't get it.....just don't get it. Also, has anyone ever seen QEI baby bed? It was on display at HCP when I visited her father's residence.
Another Q 2 anyone that might know: When she came of age and was eventually told (by people that knew her mother and the other queens), of the executions of her father's wives what were her thoughts on the matter?
Answer to question to I don't think she ever talked about her mother but she did have a ring that was on display at this exhibit it had her mother's profile or portrait in miniature on one side of the ring that was like a locket and on the other side when you opened it up was up portrait in miniature of her. But no one realized what was inside the ring. I think one of the reasons why she never wanted to get married is because of what her father did to his wives. And this exhibit occurred in 2003 which was the 400th anniversary of her death. I saw those items in person. The first thing that was shown was one of Queen Elizabeth's saddles and I think some of that silver that was shown was a gift from Ivan the Terrible to Elizabeth. Or maybe vice-versa a gift from her to Ivan the Terrible that I believe it was Ivan that gave her some of that silver. I don't remember that exhibit saying James the first sold the stuff to the Russians
@@kathleenmurphy2379 It's interesting that you said this exhibit took place in 2020. Because the upload date for this video was listed as, "July 21, 2015" -- not 2020.
Also, thank you for your insight into Elizabeth. It is certainly a perspective that I never thought of before. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and ideas.
@@trojanette8345 I'm sorry I get the dates all mixed up and this revolves around when I got a divorce from my husband and that took place I believe in 2002. And I was thinking that when I went to England with my uncle but it was in I believe 2003 that I went to anyway. The exhibit talked about it with the 200th anniversary of the death of Queen Elizabeth the first. So since she died in 1603 that Batman's dad said that happened in 2003. I looked it up online and it was first opened in March of 2003 and I visited England in July of 2003. So I'm sorry about mixing up date and I'm glad you brought it to my attention so I could straighten things out
@@trojanette8345 I corrected or edited my post. When I was there I thought it was strange that they would be celebrating the 400th anniversary of anyone's death! And when someone repost something they find on the internet it doesn't mean it just happened. Like I say political things about Obama or Trump that are posted and it seems because it says it was posted March 2020 you think it occurred in but it's a repost of something that was on the news 2 years ago sometimes
@@kathleenmurphy2379 Interesting. When I last visited England it was during the summer of Millennium year, 2K. Too bad I didn't know about that event. Actually to be fair I don't ever remember it being advertised outside the UK. Pity.
I would have like to have know about it .
How did the silver shortly after her death end up in the Kremlin ? At the beginnings the 1600 ‘s ? Curious here .
As he explains, the Stewarts (Stuarts?) sold the silver to Russia. E I was succeeded by the Scottish king and he likely needed ready coin when he came to the British throne to cement his authority.
I saw this exhibit in person and the silver that I saw an exhibit it said that the silver was a gift to Elizabeth at her coronation. At least one of those silver pieces was I don't remember seeing that James the first sold the silver to Ivan the Terrible. Because I remember distinctly that Ivan the Terrible gave Elizabeth a big silver thing an urn or something as a coronation gift
@@valkyriesardo278 when James VI of Scots became James I of England he found an almost empty treasury in England due to Elizabeth's overspending and the war with Spain so that's why he probably sold the silver and also stopped the war as soon as he could
The little boy in the portrait looks skeptical as well...
That fat minute of dead air at the start was...unprofessional.
It is very much like looking at nothing
No sound!!!!!!!
Dear Elizabeth I. Great tragedian; mighty Exemplar of Nationhood.
Truth be told
I'm not from Britain.
Q to anyone: Is there any surviving information to indicate Elizabeth's views on the rule and reign of her father. No subject in particular.....just any commentary about how he ruled and or any of his outrageous decisions? Anyone from Britain know?
She respected her father and lived upto his image in different ways, when her chief courtier Robert Cecil told her when she was literally in her last days that she "must" go to bed, he got this response: Must! Must! Is that a word to be used to princes? Little man, little man! My father, if he were alive, you would not dare use that word.
@cubomania3 Elizabeth did punish Catholics. I suggest you research that some more.
I think we can look at her decision to not marry as a huge reflection of what she thought of her father in at least one aspect. Actions speak louder than words.....
@@ButtonsCasey True.....so true.
In childhood, she took great pains to win favor with her father, whether from true regard or self-preservation. I think as her reign progressed she must have gained empathy for her father and perspective on her mother's execution. I think people underestimate Henry's focus on ensuring the line of succession. That same duty weighed on Elizabeth. But in her case, a male heir was a threat to her life and would also necessitate marriage. And though her father pursued the production of an heir and his daughter avoided it, she well understood the pressure. Her mother could mean little more than faded childhood memory. Royal children were not raised at court. And then too, Elizabeth became well aware of the consequences to women who make foolish decisions.
Wel, that was certainly... stuff.
I really hope they do this again i was to pregnant To go
Wicked armor!
This could have been a fab video, but the presentation sucks. Booooooring.
That’s like saying Hitler was responsible for preserving art.
Interesting history but she was terribly hideous.
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