What was happening in Europe in Elizabethan age?

1. In 1517 started the Prostentant Reformation by Martin Luther.
2. The Scientific Revolution started by Nicolaus Copernicus, when he sais that the Earth rotates around the sun and not the other way round.
3. The European people increased in literacy.
4. The Renaissance had overwhelmed Italy and was slowly moving throughout the East Europe.
5. Many artists were receiving more commissions from private sources and had made the switch from tempera to oil.