Elizabeth 1, 1533-1603; the religious problem, 1559; royal murder in Scotland; the Northern rebellion, 1569; Catholics and Protestants; how farming changed in Elizabethan times; a farmworker's life; growing up in Elizabethan times; Captain John Hawkins - pirate or trader?; women in Elizabethan times; the mysterious death of Amy Dudley; Mary, Queen of Scots; the Spanish Armada, 1588; sport and entertainment; dealing with the poor; Virginia, England's first colony; superstition and witchcraft; the Essex rebellion, 1601; Ireland.