Elizabeth I and her Age

Abstract

“English Renaissance“ is a recent term used to describe a cultural and artistic movement in England from the early 16th century to the early 17th century. It is associated with the pan-European Renaissance that many cultural historians believe originated in northern Italy in the fourteenth century. This era in English cultural history is sometimes referred to as “the Elizabethan era” or “the age of Shakespeare”, taking the name of the English Renaissance’s most famous author and most important monarch. (Introduction)