The Elizabethan Age begins.
Just as Queen Mary I dies, Elizabeth I becomes Queen until her death in 1603.
Under her reign England becomes a major world power in every respect.
The English dominated at sea, with Elizabeth encouraging voyages of discovery, such as Sir Francis Drake’s circumnavigation of the world and Sir Walter Raleigh’s expeditions to the North American coast.
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| Sir Walter Raleigh's ship The Ark Royal (1587) illustrator: Claes Janszoon Visscher |
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.
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| Conjectural reconstruction of The Globe Theatre by C. Walter Hodges based on archeological and documentary evidence |
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Burghley House, Peterborough England’s Greatest Elizabethan House- 35 major rooms on the ground and 1st floors, 80 or more lesser rooms. %2Bof%2BQueen%2BElizabeth%2BI%2C%2BEnglish%2C%2B16th%2BC.%2BIn%2Bthe%2Bcollection%2Bof%2Bthe%2BDuke%2Bof%2BNorthumberland%2C%2BAlnwick%2BCastle%2C%2BNorthumberland%2C%2BGreat%2BBritain.jpg)  Elizabethan Fencing Doublet c.1580 featuring a protruding peascod waist Western European, Leather silk linen cotton |
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| Collar from the textile collection at Hardwick Hall. - 1592 |
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| Pair of mittens, c. 1600 - Embroidered in England, said to have been a gift from Elizabeth I to her maid of honor, Margaret Edgcumbe (1560-1648). Crimson velvet, white satin, embroidered with silver gilt thread, colored silks, beads, and spangles. IMAGE: Elizabethan gloves at the V&A Museum. |
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| Hot poking stick used to press Elizabethan ruffles. |
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