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Katariina Mustasaar, Xb

Katariina Mustasaar, Xb. The Elizabethan Era. The Elizabethan Era. Also known as The Golden Age Represented the apogee of the English Renaissance The flowering of poetry, music and literature Theatre. The Elizabethan Era.

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Katariina Mustasaar, Xb

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  1. Katariina Mustasaar, Xb The Elizabethan Era

  2. The Elizabethan Era Also known as The Golden Age Represented the apogee of the English Renaissance The flowering of poetry, music and literature Theatre

  3. The Elizabethan Era John Guy: "England was economically healthier, more expansive, and more optimistic under the Tudors than at any time in a thousand years” In poetry and portraiture, Elizabeth was depicted as a virgin or a goddess or both, not as a normal woman. "And, in the end, this shall be for me sufficient, that a marble stone shall declare that a queen, having reigned such a time, lived and died a virgin"

  4. The Elizabethan Era Sir Francis Drake's second circumnavigation in the world One of the first stock-exchanges in Europe Expanding economy Lower taxes than in all over Europe An age of plots and conspiracies Frequently political in nature and often involving the highest levels of Elizabethan society

  5. The Elizabethan Era High officials wanted to kill Elizabeth Elizabeth finally agreed to Mary's execution The Babington Plot Being a Catholic meant being an enemy to the country

  6. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabethan_era http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/ http://thelostcolony.org/education/elizabethan-era/

  7. Thank you!

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