Queen Elizabeth I Was Truly Term Paper

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On the other hand, contributions in music were extremely important, some judging that, during this period, "in music, Elizabethan England led the world." Starting by first adapting the Italian madrigals, the English music discovery continued with its own madrigals, as well as a continued tradition in church music. Instrumental music was also greatly encouraged, as was the composing genius of the likes of William Byrd or Thomas Tallis.

Literature has been left at the end, because the contributions made to Renaissance during Elizabeth's reign are inestimable. Shakespeare is probably the world's greatest playwright and the first name that reasonably comes to mind, but he was joined in the expression of an English literary spirit by the likes of Edmund Spenser, Christopher Marlowe or Ben Johnson, all succeeding in creating masterpieces that not only influenced their own times, but also viewers, readers and other writers for centuries to come.

As we can see from this exposition, the achievements and contributions of Elizabeth's reign were numerous and versatile, in the spirit of the dynamism and energy she herself perpetuated.
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