#QueenElizabethI (reigned 1558 to 1603) was crowned sovereign of #England and #Ireland on #ThisDayInHistory in 1559. She gave her name to a period of history, the #ElizabethanAge; a form of the language, #ElizabethanEnglish; and a religious compromise, the #ElizabethanSettlement.

Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), also known as Kit Marlowe, was one of the most influential dramatists of Elizabethan theatre. #History #ChristopherMarlowe #DoctorFaustus #ElizabethanAge #EnglishLiterature #HeroAndLeander #Ovid'sElegies #Poetry #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2709-en/

On 5 May 1593, a series of anti-Protestant bills were posted throughout the city of London. #History #Religion #ElizabethanTheatre #ChristopherMarlowe #ElizabethanAge #Homosexuality #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2705-en/

The Elizabethan era is often regarded as a golden age for English culture, language, and literature. #History #ElizabethanTheatre #BabingtonPlot #ChidiockTichborne #ElizabethanAge #GeorgePeele #JohnLyly #RobertGreene #WilliamShakespeare #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2698-en/