<P> This `` golden age '' represented the apogee 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 repulsed . It was also the end of the period when England was a separate realm before its royal union with Scotland . </P>
<P> This `` golden age '' represented the apogee 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 repulsed . It was also the end of the period when England was a separate realm before its royal union with Scotland . </P>
the most remarkable cultural characteristic of elizabethan england was the rise of which art form
the most remarkable cultural characteristic of elizabethan england was the rise of which art form
theatre
theatre