During the Elizabethan period from 1558-1603 in England: - Queen Elizabeth I ruled over a time of English cultural flourishing known as the English Renaissance. Literature, poetry, and theatre blossomed, especially through the works of William Shakespeare. - English exploration expanded abroad through colonies in North America and elsewhere. The Lost Colony of Roanoke Island was established during this time. - Society was stratified into classes like nobles, gentry, yeomen, and laborers. The theatre and works of Shakespeare entertained all classes.

1. Elizabethan
Period
(1558-1603)

2. ELIZABETHAN ERA
● English history of Queen Elizabeth
I’s reign (1558–1603).
● depict it as the golden age in English
history and it’s been widely
romanticized in books, movies, plays,
and TV series.
● a time of English renaissance that
inspired national pride through
classical ideals, international
expansion, and naval triumph
● The events of The Lost Colony was
depicted at this era.
● English Renaissance saw the flowering
of poetry, music and literature.
● The era is most famous for theatre, as
William Shakespeare and many others
composed plays that we still read and
watch today.
● Age of exploration and expansion
abroad to establish colonies under
English rule across the globe, including
in The New World, to further England’s
empire.

3. Queen Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I (7 September
1533 – 24 March 1603) was
Queen of England and
Ireland from 17 November
1558 until her death in 1603.
Sometimes called the Virgin
Queen, Gloriana or Good
Queen Bess, Elizabeth was
the last of the five monarchs
of the House of Tudor.

4. Queen Elizabeth I
● was considered by many to be
England’s best monarch
● She was wise and a just Queen and
chose the right advisers and was not
dominated by them
● She ruled the Elizabethan era for 45
years and during this time was the
height of the English Renaissance
and the time of the development of
English poetry and literature.
● was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne
Boleyn, his second wife, who was executed
when Elizabeth was 21
⁄2
years old.
● Upon her half-sister's death in 1558,
Elizabeth succeeded to the throne and
set out to rule by good counsel.
● One of her first actions as queen was
the establishment of an English
Protestant church, of which she became
the supreme governor

5. ELIZABETHAN SOCIETAL CLASSES
A nobleman was rich and powerful and
therefore during the reign of Elizabeth as
well as the reigns of her father and
grandfather Henry VIII and Henry VII, the
monarch rarely appointed new nobles. They
viewed the noble class as a threat to their
power and liked to keep their numbers small.
A person could become a noble either by
birthright or by grant from the king or queen.
Nobility could lose their fortune, but it took
a high crime like treason to lose their title.

6. ELIZABETHAN SOCIETAL CLASSES
The gentry were knights, squires,
gentlemen and gentlewomen whose
fortunes were great enough that they
did not have to work with their hands
for a living. Their numbers grew
rapidly, and became the most
important class during Elizabethan
time. They could start as a knight and
through generations and marriages
they could gradually build a wealth and
title. Most of the important people of
this time came from this class.

7. ELIZABETHAN SOCIETAL CLASSES
The Yeomanry were the
‘middleclass'. They could live
comfortably with the little savings
they built up, but at any moment, be
it illness or famine, could lose
everything. While the gentry spent
their wealth building large homes,
the yeomen used their wealth more
simply and instead worked to
expand their land and improve it.

8. ELIZABETHAN SOCIETAL CLASSES
At the bottom were the Poor /
Laborers who for some reason or
another found themselves without
money, food, or shelter. Because
their numbers were increasing, the
Poor Laws were passed to assist
them. Any Poor person found
guilty of being able to do an honest
day's work but who chose not to,
could be sentenced to death.

9. HISTORICAL FIGURES FEATURED IN THE LOST COLONY
Queen Elizabeth was probably England’s most
popular sovereign. In March 1584 she granted Sir
Walter Raleigh a patent entitling him to occupy
such lands as he may discover in the name of the
crown of England. As a result of this patent, she
was the benefactor of Virgina. In honor of her, the
“Virgin Queen,” the name Virginia was given to
the territory claimed by Raleigh’s men in the New
World. Elizabeth I has been credited with the
devotion to duty and love of her country that has
made “England” stand forever.
Sir Walter Raleigh

10. HISTORICAL FIGURES FEATURED IN THE LOST COLONY
An English navigator was sent by Walter
Raleigh to explore the North American coast of
the New World. On April 27, 1584, he and
Captain Arthur Barlowe set sail and commanded
one of the two barks that made the first English
voyage to Roanoke Island. He was trained in
navigation by Thomas Harriott, English scientist
and mathematician. Amadas returned to
Roanoke Island in 1585 as “Admiral of
Virginia.” His reports to Walter Raleigh
provided “glowing accounts” of new found land
in the New World.
Captain Philip Amadas (1550-1618)

11. HISTORICAL FIGURES FEATURED IN THE LOST COLONY
An English navigator also trained by Thomas
Harriott, sent by Walter Raleigh to explore the
North American coast of the New World. He
was second captain to Amadas on the 1584
voyage to the North American coast. He
accompanied Amadas on the visit to Chief
Wingina village on Roanoke Island. On their
return back to England in September 1584, they
took back with them two Indians, Wanchese and
Manteo, who were taught English and served as
propaganda for the second voyage back to the
New World.
Captain Arthur Barlowe (1550-1620)

12. HISTORICAL FIGURES FEATURED IN THE LOST COLONY
English artist and one of several early English colonists who sailed
with Sir Richard Grenville’s expedition in 1585. During his time at
Roanoke Island he made numerous famous drawings with
watercolors of the landscapes and native people. His superb
watercolors of native plants, animals and Indian life, give us an
insight into what the English found during their explorations.
White was described as a “Gentleman of London” became
Governor of the second Roanoke colony in 1587. He led a band of
settlers sent out by Sir Walter Raleigh under the authority of the
Virginia Company. He was the father of Eleanor Dare and
grandfather of Virginia Dare, the first English born child in the
New World. He returned back to England for much needed
supplies and was not able to return in 1590 finding the colony
empty. He spent the remainder of his life in England and Ireland.
John White (1540-1593)

13. ELIZABETHAN DIET
The diet in England during the Elizabethan era depended largely on social class. Bread
was a staple of the Elizabethan diet, and people of different statuses ate bread of
different qualities. The upper classes ate fine white bread called manchet, while the
poor ate coarse bread made of barley or rye

14. Theatre
With William Shakespeare at his peak, as well as Christopher Marlowe and many other
playwrights, actors and theatres constantly busy, the high culture of the Elizabethan
Renaissance was best expressed in its theatre. Historical topics were especially popular,
not to mention the usual comedies and tragedies.
At the beginning of the 16th century many plays were based upon religious themes. These
were called ‘morality plays’ and showed good and bad conduct. Others, called ‘miracle
plays’ showed scenes from the Bible.
The themes of plays changed during Elizabeth’s reign and English playwrights began to
write comedies and tragedies. By the end of her reign playwrights such as Marlowe,
Johnson and Shakespeare were writing the plays for which they are now famous.

15. Theatre
As the watching of plays became more popular, theatres were built instead of using the courtyards of inns.
The popularity of stage plays led to the building of the Rose, Swan and Globe Theatres in London between
1587 and 1598. The main features of an Elizabethan theatre
● The theatre was open and plays had to be performed in daylight.
● A flag would be flown from the top of the theatre to show a play
was going to be performed.
● People sat around the stage in galleries.
● The cheapest place was in front of the stage where ordinary people
stood. They were known as ‘groundlings’.
● There was very little scenery – a character would tell the audience
where the scene was set.
● Women’s parts were played by boys.
● Long speeches gave actors a chance to change their clothes.
● There was generally plenty of violence in the plays – Tudor
audiences loved it.

16. Literature
Elizabethan literature is considered one of
the "most splendid" in the history 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 English novels.
Edmund Spenser, Richard Hooker, and John
Lyly, as well as Marlowe and Shakespeare,
are major Elizabethan writers

17. Literature
Throughout the Elizabethan age, English literature
has changed from a shell into a delightful being
with imagination, creativeness, and boundless
stories. It was not about mystery or miracle plays
and the poetry was not nearby religion and the
principles addressed in the Church. the influence
of personal beliefs or feelings, rather than facts
increased and examining various features of life
increased with the embellishment of plentiful
authors.

18. Top 35 Authors and Their Works of the Elizabethan Age
1- Edmund Spenser (1552-1599)
● The Faerie Queene
● The Shepherd’s Calendar
● Amoretti
● Epithalamion
● Prothalamion
● Mother Hubbard’s Tale
● The Ruis of Time
● The Tears of the Muses
● Astrophel
22- Philip Sidney
● An Apologies for the poetry
● Arcadia
● Astrophel and Stella
● The Lady of May
3- Daniel
● Delia
● Civil Wars Between the Two
Houses of Lancaster and York

19. Top 35 Authors and Their Works of the Elizabethan Age
4- Ben Jonson
● Everyman in His Humour
● Every Man out of His Humour
● Volpone or the Fox
● Cynthia’s Revels
● The Alchemist
● Bartholomew Fayre
● Epicene of the Silent Women
● Sejanus His Conspiracy
● The Poetaster
● The Devil as an Ass
● The Masque of Beauty
25- Michael Drayton
● The Battle of Agincourt
● England’s Heroic Epistles
● The Barons Wars
● Polyolbion
6- William Warner
● Albion’s England
7- Thomas Sackville
● The Myrroure for Magistrates
● Gorboduc

20. Top 35 Authors and Their Works of the Elizabethan Age
8- William Shakespeare
● The Two Gentlemen of Verona
● The Merry Wives of Windsor
● Measure for Measure
● The Comedy of Errors
● Lave’s Labour Lost
● The Taming of the Shrew
● All’s Well that Ends Well
● A Midsummer Night’s Dream
● The Merchant of Venice
● Much Ado About Nothing
● As You Like It
● Romeo and Juliet
● Macbeth
● Othello
● Antony and Cleopatra
● Julius Caesar Timon of Athens
● Coriolanus
● King John
● King Richard the Second
● King Henry the Fourth
● Cymbeline
● Pericles
● The Winter’s Tale
● The Tempest
● Venus and Adonis
● Hamlet
● King Lear

21. Top 35 Authors and Their Works of the Elizabethan Age
9-George Gascoigne
● Steel Glass
● Supposes
● Jocasta
10- Christopher Marlowe
● Tamburlaine the Great
● Edward II
● Doctor Faustus
● The Jew of Malta
● The Tragedy of Dido
11- George Peele
● The Arraignment of Paris
● The Famous Chronicle of King Edwa
12- Robert Greene
● Frier Bacon and Frier Bungey
● Orlando Furioso
● Pandosto
13- Thomas Nash
● The Unfortunate Traveller

22. Top 35 Authors and Their Works of the Elizabethan Age
14- Thomas Lodge
● The Wounds of Civil War
● Rosalynde
15- Thomas Kyd
● The Spanish Tragedy
16- John Lyly
● Euphues The Anatomy of Wit
● Euphues and His England
● Endymion
17- Francis Bacon
● Essays
● The Advancement of Learning
● The New Atlantis
● Novum Organum
18- John Fletcher
● Philaster
● The Maid’s Tragedy

23. Top 35 Authors and Their Works of the Elizabethan Age
19- John Ford
● The Broken Heart
● The Pit She is Whore
● The Lover’s Melancholy
● Love’s Sacrifice
20- Philip Massinger
● A New Way to pay old Debts
● The City Madam
● The Duke Milena
21-Thomas Heywood
● A Woman Killed With Kindness
● The English Traveller
● The Captives
22-Francis Beaumont
● A king and No King
● The NIght of the Burning Pestle
23- Roger Ascham
● The Schoolmaster

24. Top 35 Authors and Their Works of the Elizabethan Age
24- Robert Burton
● The Anatomy of Melancholy
25- Sir Thomas Browne
● Religio Medici
● Vulgar Errors
● Hydrotaphia or Urne Burriale
● Christian Morals
26- Thomas Hobbes
● Leviathan
27-Jeremy Taylor
● The Liberty of Prophesying
● Holy Living
● Holy Dying
28-Thomas Fuller
● The Church History of Britain
● The Worthies of England
● Good Thoughts and Bad Times
29- Sir Thomas Moore
● Utopia

25. Top 35 Authors and Their Works of the Elizabethan Age
30- Sir Walter Raleigh
● History of the World
31- Raphael Holinshed
● Chronicles of ENGLAND
32- Richard Hooker
● Ecclesiastical Polity
● Arte of English Poesie
33- William Webbe
● The discourse of English Poetry
34- George Puttenham
● Arte of English Poesie

26. Reference
● https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zpscng8/revision/3
● https://www.thelostcolony.org/the-lost-colony/bring-history-to-life/elizabetha
n-era/
● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I
● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabethan_era#Diet
● https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340916831_A_Study_of_Elizabetha
n_Period_1558-1603
● https://englishnotesguru.com/elizabethan-age-writers-and-their-works/