Shakespeareian Times??

Question

I wanna know what was goin on during shakespeare's time? i wanna know:
.What the currency was
.Any important events
.Important people
. historical days
. Plagues
all that stuff

Please help its for a school assignment

Answer 1

The Elizabethan Era is the period associated with the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603) and is often considered to be a golden age in English history. It was the height of the English Renaissance, and saw the flowering of English literature and poetry. This was also the time during which Elizabethan theatre flourished and William Shakespeare, among others, composed plays that broke away from England's past style of plays. It was an age of expansion and exploration abroad, while at home the Protestant Reformation became entrenched in the national mindset.

Answer 2

All the time. Time is a saucer. Externalities slosh around in it, and we can slosh with them or not. When we refuse to be pushed around by them, we can largely potter at our own pace. Then, when we respond to a deadline or some "outer value" we can recognise that it is our own -- and the time is ours to spend on it. So all of it is ours to be truly alive in. As the Buddhists say "When you're sweeping, know you're sweeping". That makes everything part of the rapture.

Answer 3

Dude- just check out Encyclopedia Brittanica or google Elizabethan era

Answer 4

Ok Shakespeare lived through the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and James I. Basically through his early life until 1592 he competed against another great English poet Christopher (Kit) Marlowe who wrote amongst other things Dr Faustus. He was also a contemporary of literary figures such as Edmund Spencer, Sir Phillip Sidney and others. He knew and worked with Ben Jonson and various other writers. He left a lasting legacy on his times- people then recognised his genius- John Milton for instance wrote an ode in his honour- and Milton was the next greatest poet of the seventeenth century to write in English.

In terms of politics throughout most of his life England was at war with Spain (1584-1604), the Spanish armada of 1588 was an invasion of Britain by Spain which failed. Shakespeare's lifetime was dominated by one family of politicians who served both Elizabeth and James- the father William Cecil being Elizabeth's Secretary of State until 1572 and then her Lord Treasurer from then to his death in 1598 when his son replaced him, Robert Cecil remained Lord Treasurer until 1613. They had rivals most notably the Earl of Essex who attmepted a rebellion in 1601 against Elizabeth- Shakespeare's play Richard II was put on in London (its about a King who falls through rebellion) in order to help Essex's rebellion and Shakespeare himself was arrested and could well have been killed. He lived through many other events- the Gunpowder Plot of 1604 in which James I was almost blown up and the beggining of the thirty years war in 1618.

Ok art and politics done, moving on to ideas. Shakespeare's day was dominated by what we would call late English humanism. There were a number of interesting ecclesiastical thinkers about- he was a contemporary of the great Anglican philosopher Richard Hooker, of the great Anglican Bishop Launcelot Andrewes. He lived through a revival in classical learning- particularly the reintroduction of Tacitus into the history of ideas and was heavily influenced by that. He also was a contemporary of various great political thinkers- including Bodin an enthusiastic French advocate of absolute monarchy, Suarez a Spaniard who wrote on Natural Law, Grotius who invented basically international law, John Selden one of the first historians of the English Constitution also a natural and international lawyer, Sir Edward Coke from whom we still derive much of our legal system both in the UK and US and many others.
Hope that helps.
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