Thomas Gresham states Gresham's Law - a monetary principle stating that "bad money drives out good". The period is famous for the flourishing of English drama, led by playwrights such as William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe, and for the seafaring prowess of English adventurers such as Francis Drake. Elizabeth's reign is known as the Elizabethan era.
Anne's marriage to Henry VIII was annulled, and Elizabeth was declared illegitimate. Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, his second wife, who was executed two-and-a-half years after Elizabeth's birth.
Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, the childless Elizabeth was the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. Just during Fuchs' lifetime the book went through 39 printings in Dutch, French, German, Latin, and Spanish and 20 years after his death was translated into English.Įlizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25. The book was initially published in Latin and Greek and quickly translated into German. Plants were identified in German, Greek, and Latin, and sometimes English. It set a new standard for accuracy and quality, as well as being the first known publication of plants from the Americas, such as pumpkin, maize, marigold, potato, and tobacco. Stanford University Press considers it one of the best illustrated books of all time and a masterpiece of the German Renaissance. The University of Glasgow states that it is considered a landmark work in its field. Over 100 of the plants in the book were first descriptions. It covers about 497 plants and has over 500 woodcut illustrations. It was illustrated by: Albrecht Meyer, who made drawings based on the actual plants Heinrich Füllmaurer, who transferred the drawings to woodblock and Vitus Rudolph Speckle, who cut the blocks and printed the drawings. Leonhart Fuchs publishes his new herbal De historia stirpium commentarii insignes in Basel.
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