Elizabethan means belonging to or connected with England in the second half of the sixteenth century, when Elizabeth the First was Queen. Elizabethan England. the Elizabethan theatre. relating to the period 1558-1603 when Elizabeth I was queen of England
a person who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I; "William Shakespeare was an Elizabethan"
of or relating to Queen Elizabeth I of England or to the age in which she ruled; "Elizabethan music
a person who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I; "William Shakespeare was an Elizabethan" of or relating to Queen Elizabeth I of England or to the age in which she ruled; "Elizabethan music
Body of works written during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558-1603). Probably the most illustrious age in the history of English literature, the Elizabethan era saw a flowering of poetry, produced a golden age of drama, and inspired a wide variety of splendid prose. The period encompasses the work of Sir Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser, Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, and others. Though some patterns and themes persisted, the tone of most forms of literary expression, especially drama, darkened rather suddenly around the start of the 17th century. See also Jacobean literature