Queen Elizabeth the 1st and her influence on English literature Elizabeth the 1st was the last Tudor monarch. She was born in Greenwich on 7 September 1533, the daughter of Henry VIII and hid second wife, Anne Boleyn. She became a queen in November 1588, succeeding to the throne on her half sister death. She was very well educated, intelligent, determined, and shrewd. She died in Richmond palace on 24 March 1603. The date of her accession was a national …showed first 75 words of 560 total…

…showed last 75 words of 560 total…the aristocracy loved theatres. All this reasons created a situation that poets and writers needed to write plays for the acting companies who built the theaters. Conclusion *Elizabeth thought that literature and culture is very important. She encouraged poets and even wrote poems herself *Being a poet at the Elizabethan time was a good work. People appreciated literary life. *After the theaters became under control of the government (the queen) many public theatres were built.