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WHAT IS THE ELIZABETHAN ERA? - The Elizabethan era is the epoch in the Tudor period
of the history of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I
(1558–1603). Historians often depict it as the golden age in English
history. ... It was also the end of the period when England was a separate realm before its royal union with Scotland.
Story:
ELIZABETHAN MAP
GOES ON DISPLAY AT BODLEIAN LIBRARIES
A "magnificent" Elizabethan map has gone on
display for the first time in more than a century.
The Sheldon Tapestry Map of Oxfordshire, which was woven
in wool and silk, is on show at the Bodleian's Weston Library in Oxford.
It is only partially complete but has illustrations of
16th Century towns, rivers, forests, and castles. He said the 3.5m (11.5ft) by
5.5m (18ft) map formed a "unique representation of the landscape, at a
period when modern cartography was still in its infancy". t was
commissioned, alongside maps for Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and
Warwickshire, by landowner Ralph Sheldon in the 1590s.
The aim was to show the counties where Sheldon's family
and friends held land.
London is also shown, with just a single bridge crossing
the Thames.
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