Glossary of Terms

Early modern:

“of, belonging to, or designating that period of history regarded as the earliest stage of modern history, now usually taken as extending from the late 15th cent. until the 18th cent.”¹

Elizabethan:

“Belonging to the period of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603).”²

Stuarts:

“Scottish royal House, which inherited the Scottish throne in 1371 and the English throne in 1603. The Stuarts descended from Alan, whose descendants held the hereditary office of steward in the royal household. […] The throne descended in the direct male line until the death of James V (1542), who was succeeded by his infant daughter, Mary, Queen of Scots. In 1603, her son, James VI, succeeded Elizabeth I of England as James I.” James I reigned as the King of England from 1603-1625.³

History XI Panel

Unknown artist, “De Salez Executed / La Hay Executed / Michaele Executed,” copper engraving, in John Reynolds, The Triumphs of God’s Revenge[…] (London: Printed for R. Gosling, and Sold by J. Osborn, 1726), History XI, 135 (edited excerpt).

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