HST 532 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Elizabethan Era, Evil May Day, Thomas Wolsey
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The suburbs: as london grew, the population spilled outside the wards, and these areas had no local government and no economic regulation, the city government chose to turn a blind eye to the suburbs. Entertainment: theatre came to the forefront in elizabethan age 11 theatres built in the suburbs in elizabeth"s reign, 1576 actor james burbage borrowed money to erect london"s first privately owned theatre, the curtain. In late 1580"s, shakespeare moved to london and joined the chamberlain"s men, a company that performed at court: around 1600, burbage moved to bankside and began to build the globe theatre . Baron burghley in 1571: elizabeth appointed cecil her secretary 3 days after her accession and he would remain her chief minister for 40 years, until his death in 1598. Reformation in england) she was personally inclined to protestantism (2) roman catholic church did not recognize her as a legitimate queen (although pope.