A few decades before Shakespeare was born, there had been momentous changes in the country under the Tudor dinasty.
With Henry VIII (1509-1547), by the Act of Supremacy, Papal power had been abolished, but it was Elizabeth I who took the title of Supreme Head of the Church of England, though not without opposition from the Puritans, who launched their attacks from the Parliament.
With Henry VIII (1509-1547), by the Act of Supremacy, Papal power had been abolished, but it was Elizabeth I who took the title of Supreme Head of the Church of England, though not without opposition from the Puritans, who launched their attacks from the Parliament.
However, Elizabeth and Protestantism were saved by the defeat of the Spanish Armada (1588) because the news was received with great enthusiasm by the country. Moreover, the sudden expansion of foreign trade strengthened the monarchy and helped knit together a new national conscience which provoked the developing of an incredible vitality and self-confidence in all fields of life. As a result, poets, musicians and painters shone in this atmosphere.
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