Elizabethan era The reign of Queen Elizabeth

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Elizabethan era

The reign of Queen Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII, lasted a healthy 45 years, from 1558 to 1603. It was an exciting time, marked by a rising middle class, the Age of Explorers and Shakespearean theater. It was also a time of high child mortality and outbreaks of plague and smallpox.

Population England's population burgeoned during Elizabeth's reign, rising from about 3 million to about 4 million. At the time of Elizabeth's death, about one-third of the population was under 15 years of age, and a half were under 25.

Religion Henry VIII had broken with the Catholic Church, and established the Church of England (with himself as head). As queen, his daughter Mary had declared England a Catholic nation again, but, Elizabeth returned the nation to the Church of England. Catholics practiced their faith in secret.

Literacy became far more common under Elizabeth's reign, supposedly reaching 70 percent in London; and it grew out of practical utility. Before Elizabeth's reign, reading was left to the gentle class, chiefly for Bible study.

Disease England (and London in particular) saw numerous epidemics and pandemics in Elizabethan days. Elizabeth herself came down with smallpox, though a mild case of it. The "Black Plague" took nearly a quarter of London's population in 1563. Syphilis was on the rise, supposedly brought to Europe from the Americas, by Columbus and his crew.

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