Elizabethan era

The Elizabethan Era is the period associated with the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603) and is often considered to be a golden age in English history. It was the height of the Renaissance in England, and saw the flowering of English literature. It was an age of expansion and exploration abroad, while at home the Protestant Reformation was established and successfully defended against the Catholic powers of the Continent.

See also

• Elizabeth I of England
• Tudor England
• Mary, Queen of Scots
• Spanish Armada
• Elizabethan Religious Settlement
• Elizabethan theatre

Notable Elizabethans

• Francis Bacon
• John Dee
• Francis Drake
• Richard Grenville
• Ben Jonson
• Thomas Kyd
• Christopher Marlowe
• Thomas North
• Walter Raleigh
• William Shakespeare
• Sir Philip Sidney
• Edmund Spenser
• Francis Walsingham

External Links

• The Elizabethan Wiki provides an excellent resource on this period.

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