"In many respects the Elizabethan era is a turning point in English history. Above all, it was a time of economic expansion in which Shakespeare's kinsmen were led to search for new markets in various parts of their contemporary world. It meant the achievement of a greater initiative on the high seas, and a decisive settlement of accounts with Spain, brought about by the defeat of the in 1588. That victory marked the beginning of English domination of the Atlantic. But the Elizabethan era was also a time of enormous progress in the realm of English culture, a time when Renaissance literature flourished and advances were made in the theatre, in the arts and in science, and in the whole field of material and artistic achievement. This noteworthy advance in civilization was to a large extent the result of England's economic and social development during the sixteenth century."
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