The era from the Queen Elizabeth I is the period in the Tudor era of the history of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I from 1558 to 1603. Historians often portray it as the golden age in English history. The symbol of Britannia, a female personification of Great Britain, was first used in 1572, and subsequently, to mark the Elizabethan age as a renaissance that inspired national pride through classical ideals, international expansion, and naval triumph over Spain.
This "golden age" signified the pinnacle of the English Renaissance and saw the flowering of poetry, music and literature. The era is most famous for theatre, as William Shakespeare and many others composed plays that broke free of England's past style of theatre. It was an age of exploration and expansion abroad, while back at home, the Protestant Reformation became more acceptable to the people, most certainly after the Spanish Armada was repelled. It was also the end of the period when England was a separate realm before its royal union with Scotland.
The Elizabethan age also contrasts sharply with the previous and following sovereignties. It was a brief period of inner peace between the English Reformation and the religious battles between Protestants and Catholics and the political battles between parliament and the monarchy that consumed the remainder of the seventeenth century.
The relative peace of mind that Elizabeth gave the British allowed them to start to believe more freely, without the fear of the church condemning their soul they could express, enjoy and exercise their faith more freely.
Due to the all the previous information presented, we can conclude that Elizabethan audiences would enjoy a play that included supernatural characters because in that moment:
A. Many people believed in the power of the prophecy.
