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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 ... to mark the Elizabethan age as a renaissance that inspired national pride ...

  3. English Renaissance theatre - Wikipedia

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    The English Renaissance theatre or Elizabethan theatre was the theatre of England from 1558 to 1642. ... Costumes of the Elizabethan era; sketch by William Hickman ...

  4. English Renaissance - Wikipedia

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    Renaissance style and ideas were slow to penetrate England, and the Elizabethan era in the second half of the 16th century is usually regarded as the height of the English Renaissance. Many scholars see its beginnings in the early 16th century during the reign of Henry VIII . [ 2 ]

  5. List of time periods - Wikipedia

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    Iron Age; Late Middle Ages. Renaissance; Early modern history; Modern history. ... Elizabethan era (England, 1558–1603) Stuart period (British Isles, 1603–1714)

  6. Tudor period - Wikipedia

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    In England and Wales, the Tudor period occurred between 1485 and 1603, including the Elizabethan era during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603). The Tudor period coincides with the dynasty of the House of Tudor in England, which began with the reign of Henry VII .

  7. 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 ...

  8. Renaissance - Wikipedia

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    The Elizabethan era in the second half of the 16th century is usually ... The Renaissance was a period when the multi-national Polish state experienced a ...

  9. Music in the Elizabethan era - Wikipedia

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    Michael Praetorius' encyclopedic Syntagma Musicum has a section with woodcuts which shows instruments as they were used on the continent about 17 years after the end of the Elizabethan period, and even 20 years hadn't made great changes. Many Renaissance instruments are unfamiliar to modern listeners.