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  2. Elizabethan era - Wikipedia

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    The Elizabethan era is the epoch in the Tudor period of the history of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603). Historians often depict it as the golden age in English history.

  3. List of time periods - Wikipedia

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    Homininaeid EraPeriod prior to the existence of Homininae Homininid EraPeriod prior to the existence of Hominini Prehistory – Period between the appearance of Homo ("humans"; first stone tools c. three million years ago) and the invention of writing systems (for the Ancient Near East : c. five thousand years ago).

  4. House of Tudor - Wikipedia

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    Elizabeth I was the longest serving Tudor monarch at 44 years, and her reign—known as the Elizabethan Era—provided a period of stability after the short, troubled reigns of her siblings. When Elizabeth I died childless, her cousin of the Scottish House of Stuart succeeded her, in the Union of the Crowns of 24 March 1603.

  5. Timeline of the English poor law system - Wikipedia

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    The following article presents a timeline of the poor law system in England from its origins in the Tudor and Elizabethan era to its abolition in 1948. 1300s [ edit ]

  6. Elizabethan literature - Wikipedia

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    Elizabethan literature refers to bodies of work produced during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603), and is one of the most splendid ages of English literature.In addition to drama and the theatre, it saw a flowering of poetry, with new forms like the sonnet, the Spenserian stanza, and dramatic blank verse, as well as prose, including historical chronicles, pamphlets, and the first ...

  7. Elizabeth I - Wikipedia

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    Elizabeth's parents, Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.Anne was executed within three years of Elizabeth's birth. Elizabeth was born at Greenwich Palace on 7 September 1533 and was named after her grandmothers, Elizabeth of York and Lady Elizabeth Howard. [6]

  8. Tudor period - Wikipedia

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    The cultural achievements of the Elizabethan era have long attracted scholars, and since the 1960s they have conducted intensive research on the social history of England. [ 78 ] [ 79 ] Main subjects within Tudor social history includes courtship and marriage , the food they consumed and the clothes they wore . [ 80 ]

  9. History of England - Wikipedia

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    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 ...