Did Queen Elizabeth the first rein in England during the Renaissance time period?
Yes, though it is more correct to say that her reign covered most of the English Renaissance, because the Renaissance was a movement that hit different countries at different time periods. For instance, the Renaissance swept through Italy, beginning around 1453 with the rise of humanism. This was over 100 years before Elizabeths reign (1553-1603). It took some time to reach England, though, and the Elizabethan period (named so because it was the period that Elizabeth reined England) was definitely the hight of the English Renaissance. This is also when writers such as Shakespeare and Marlowe were the most active. The English renaissance continues into the reign of James I (1603-1625) and is often considered to be at an end in England at his death in 1625. The only generally excepted exception to this is that “Paradise Lost” by Milton is still considered a Renaissance work, even though it was written in the late 1650s. You will find, however, that the time parameters of what is consider
