Which period is known as "The golden age of English literature?

The Elizabethan age is called the Golden Age of English literature. It is the first age of the English Renaissance period (c. 1550–1660) and is named after Queen Elizabeth I (reigned 1558–1603).

Why golden: English literature reached its greatest development in this age, especially in drama, and it freed itself gradually from the dominance of the Church.

Major writers: Thomas More, Norton, Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, Thomas Kyd, Nicholas Udall, Robert Peele, Robert Greene, Sir Philip Sidney, John Lyly.