Elizabethan+Age

The Elizabethan era was the epoch in English history of [|Queen Elizabeth I]'s reign (1558–1603). Historians often depict it as the [|golden age] in [|English history]. The symbol of [|Britannia] was first used in 1572 and often thereafter to mark the Elizabethan age as a renaissance that inspired national pride through classical ideals, international expansion, and naval triumph over the hated Spanish foe. In terms of the entire century, John Guy (1988) argues that "England was economically healthier, more expansive, and more optimistic under the [|Tudors]" than at any time in a thousand years. This "golden age" represented the apogee of the [|English Renaissance] and saw the flowering of poetry, music and literature. The era is most famous for [|theatre], as[|William Shakespeare] and many others composed plays that broke free of England's past style of theatre.

The Plague and Playhouses media type="file" key="The Plague.mp3" width="240" height="20"

The Theatre of crueltymedia type="file" key="Cruelty in Shakespeare's time.mp3" media type="file" key="Cruelty in Shakespeare's time.mp3" width="240" height="20"

London becomes Rome media type="file" key="England Became Rome.mp3" width="240" height="20"