The English Renaissance was a
cultural and
artistic movement in
England dating from the early
16th century to the early
17th century. It is associated with the pan-European
Renaissance that many cultural historians believe originated in northern
Italy in the
fourteenth century. This era in English cultural history is sometimes referred to as "the age of
Shakespeare" or "the
Elizabethan era," taking the name of the English Renaissance's most famous author and most important monarch, respectively; however it is worth remembering that these names are rather misleading: Shakespeare was not an especially famous writer in his own time, and the English Renaissance covers a period both before and after Elizabeth's reign.
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