00:00The Elizabethan era is the period in the history of England and Ireland associated with the
00:05reign of Queen Elizabeth I, 1558 to 1603.
00:10The Elizabethan era, the pinnacle of the English Renaissance, was a golden age of art and culture.
00:15Literature, poetry, and theatre—known as Elizabethan theatre—flourished there under the influence of Christopher Marlowe and William
00:22Shakespeare and Ben Johnson.
00:23The Chipside treasure testifies to the artistic wealth and vitality of international economic activities of the time.
00:31England's power and influence in the world were affirmed there, while the Protestant Reformation...
00:36'ancra deeply in the national soul.
00:38The Elizabethan era is all the more remarkable because it contrasts sharply with the two periods that frame it.
00:44It was a brief period of civil peace, following the difficult English Reformation and preceding the bloody conflicts that would follow.
00:50to pit Catholics against Protestants,
00:51then parliament and monarchy in the 17th century.
00:54The conflict between Catholics and Protestants was suspended, for a time, by the Elizabethan religious settlement.
01:00and parliament was not yet powerful enough to oppose royal absolutism.
01:05It was also a time of prosperity for England compared to other European nations.
01:10The Italian Renaissance was over, under the weight of foreign domination in Italy.
01:15France was bogged down in its own religious wars, which would only end in 1598 with the
01:21'Edict of Nantes.
01:22Partly for this reason, Elizabeth's reign saw, for the first time in centuries, lasting peace.
01:27between France and England.
01:29The only major rival remained Spain, with whom England clashed both in Europe and in America.
01:35These rivalries culminated in the Anglo-Spanish War of 1585–1604.
01:40The destruction of the invincible Armada by the English in 1588 was answered by the Spanish victory over the Drake expedition.
01:47-Noray in 1589.
01:50Some time later, Spain lent its support to the Irish Catholics in their struggle against England and inflicted
01:56a series of defeats for the British forces.
01:58This conflict had repercussions on the English economy, which had been restored under the prudent leadership of Elizabeth.
02:04Rivalry with Spain hampered English colonization and trade until the signing of the Treaty of London.
02:10in 1604.
02:12Organized around a centralized and efficient government, a legacy of the reforms of Henry VII and Henry VIII, the country began
02:18to benefit economically from transatlantic trade.
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