Characteristic of the Elizabethan Age

~ It was the age of comparative religious tolerance,which was due largely to the queen's influence.

~ It was an age of comparative social contentment, is strong contrast with the days of Langland

~ It was an age of dreams, of adventure, of unbounded enthusiasm springing from the new lands of fabuluos riches revealed by English explorers.

~ To sum up, the age of Elizabethan was a time of intelectual liberty, of growing intelligence and comfort among all classes of unbounded patriotism, and of peace at home and abroad.