ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Elizabethan era in the 16th century was one of adventure, intrigue, personalities, plots and power struggles. At the centre was Queen Elizabeth I, ‘The Virgin Queen’ and the latter part of her reign (from 1558-1603) has been referred to by some historians as a ‘golden age.

Detailed explanation-3: -The declining buying power of real wages pushed many into acute misery. As a result, the Elizabethan period witnessed the emergence of poverty on a new scale. By the 1590s, the lot of the poor and the labouring classes was bad enough at the best of times.