When someone mentions the Elizabethans you are automatically transported to all thoughts of what has been dubbed 'the golden age' in Britain. This ran through the entire duration of queen Elizabeth I's 45 year reign, that began in November 1558 and ended on the 24th March 1603. During this time Elizabeth was seen to grow from a girl into a woman and overcome so many challenges and much diversity about the sheer fact that she was a woman in charge of such a powerful country from such a young age. However despite this she over come it all and became one of the most powerful and influential women to date.
This age was known also as one of the richest Britain has seen and many things were being discovered from the new world in terms of food, fabrics, lotions and potions.
Although considered to live extremely 'rich' lives, the average life span of an individual was around 40 to 50 years of age, and by this point you were considered to be old. Things such as medicine were not as they are today and many people ended up killing themselves due to conditions of living or things woman might use on their skin i.e. lead would result in lead poisoning.
Those who lived in the time of the Elizabethan era lived in a time of experimentation and many a things were being introduced and imported, it was known as a time of revolution and changes to life as they knew it. There was many movements in regards to religion connected to the monarchy and the way in which the whole country looked at religion as well as many victories that added to the wealth and power that Britain had in those years such as the gain over the Spanish Armada.
The elizabethans lived in a dangerous yet exciting time which in the modern day some may consider to be fortunate or unfortunate.
Information source:http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/people/elizabeth_I
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