Golden Age?

Art, Literature, Music, in Elizabethan England

Longleat was built by Sir ___ ____ on ex-monastic lands.

• John Thynne

Hilliard’s most famous piece is ____ ___ ______ ____, which potentially features the Earl of Essex, is an ____, which aims to capture the ideals and aspirations of the sitter.

• Young Man among Roses

• impresa

While Elizabethan court lacked an artist as talented as ____, they saw a growth in miniatures, championed by artist ___ ____.

• Holbein

• Issac Oliver

Robert ____ pioneered the Elizabethan architectural revolution, and worked on ____ and ____ Hall

• Smythson

• Longleat

• Hardwick

While Shakespeare was part of the ___ _____ ___, there were other important authors, such as Christopher ______, and Thomas ___

• Lord Chamberlain’s men

• Marlowe

• Kyd

Foxes’ Book of Martyrs (___) had a wide religious readership

1563

Sir ____ revived the ____, and modernised English poetry, paving the way for Shakespeare.

• Sidney

• Sonnet

In Elizabethan England, __% of men and only __% of women were literate?

• 30%

• 10%

Elizabeth founded ___ college, Oxford (___) and ___ college (Cambridge) to educate clergy.

• Jesus 1571

• Emmanuel

Under Elizabeth, ___ new grammar schools were opened, increasing educational opportunity.

136

While Londoners had a large choice of theatres such as the ____, ____ and the ____, access to theatre was much more limited outside of London.

• rose

• swan

• globe

Renaissance custom promoted musicianship at court, as it was thought to teach gentlemen how to govern a society ________.

harmoniously

While madrigals were largely a-political, which madrigal explicitly honoured the greatness of Elizabeth?

The Triumph of Oriana

Towns usually had bands called ‘____’ which were very popular, and common people had a rich variety of _____, rather than courtly madrigals.

• waits

• ballads

_____ ___ was the greatest composer of the era, and while he wrote pieces for the C of E, his best music was for catholics, expressing themes of martyrdom and liberation.

William Byrd