portraits became popular in elizabethan
times as the where used not only to
show wealth but to sympolise the subject
of the painting for example elizabeth was
painted with a globe in her hand to show
her supreame power
smaller portraights where
also popular for personal
use
exploration
europeans where discovering
new lands and peoples and
england became a major power
at this time
sir francis drake who was at the forefront of
english exploration. As he was the person who
circumnavigated (all the way around) the earth
throughout 1577-1580 the exploration of drake
and others led to a greater understanding of the
earth.
theatre
theatre was extreamly poular
in this time period whith many
theatres being built and many
plays being made that are still
being made today
for example shakespere made alot of
his plays in this time with almost all of
the m still being played today
buildings
this was the time period where
most of the statley homes
where built this was bescause
befor then they where built for
defence and not to impress
other royalty or nobles
buildings like hardwick hall which are
still standing today where built within
this time period and are now open for
the public to see
peace power and pride
befor henry VII reightn it was
chaos with many men caiming to
be the king with elizabeths long
reighn she was able to create
peace and order with the
millitary success makeing people
proud to be english
science and tecnology
there was some significant
breakthrougths in astromony and
navigation during elizabetshs reighn
with even more efficiant printing
presses being creatyed
education
education was becoming more and more important with it
still being seen upon wealthy boys. althougth some wealthy
girs also got an limited educatiin
however boys in lower classes
lives where still focused around
the family church and farm/
workshop
literature
in addition to great plays being written there was also a rise
in poularity of poems etc,most of the poems where about
the storys of ainceint greece and rome