Elizabethan Chess Pieces by Berkeley - Cardinal RedBoard Not Included The Elizabethan era is the epoch in English history marked by the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (15581603). Historians often depict it as the golden age in English history. The symbol of Britannia was first used in 1572, and often thereafter, to mark the Elizabethan age as a renaissance that inspired national pride through classical ideals, international expansion, and naval triumph over the Spanish at the time, a rival kingdom much