ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND

QUEEN ELIZABETH

Elizabeth I was 25 years old when she became Queen of England in Her 45-year reign, which ended with her death in 1603, saw England's emergence as a nation of tremendous political power.

Under Elizabeth's leadership, England experienced the true cultural reawakening or renaissance of thought, art, and vision which had begun in Italy a century earlier.

FASHION

Fashion in the Elizabethan age was a way of expressing oneself; the fashion truly helped to reveal the general culture of the period.

The people of this time were very hair-conscious. Their hair was their most prized possession. Many people of the Elizabethan Age were very fashionable and splendid.

THE PLAGUE

Plagues devastated Elizabethan England. They were a constant threat to the people and the land. The most devastating to England was the bubonic plague. London was afflicted over a dozen times during the 1500's.

This bacteria lived in rats and other rodents. Human beings were infected through bites from the fleas that lived on these rats.

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THE GLOBE THEATER

THE GLOBE THEATER IS WHERE MOST OF SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS WERE PERFORMED.

THE GLOBE DID NOT HAVE A ROOF; THEREFORE, PLAYS WERE ALWAYS PERFORMED DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS.

SHAKESPEARE

Widely regarded as the greatest writer of all time, William Shakespeare (or Shakespeare) occupies a position unique in world literature.

He was baptized on April 26, 1564; his birthday is traditionally celebrated on April 23.

Shakespeare's will (made on March 25, 1616) is a long and detailed document. His signature to the will was done with a shaky hand. Perhaps Shakespeare was already ill.

He died on April 23, No name was inscribed on his gravestone. Instead these lines, possibly his own, appeared:

“Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed here. Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.”