伊丽莎白时代（1558年－1603年）是英国伊丽莎白一世女王统治英国的一个纪元，历史学家常常将其描绘为英国历史的黄金时代。不列颠尼亚的标志在1572年第一次使用，并在这之后将伊丽莎白时代标记为文艺复兴，因为它以经典理念激发了国家荣誉。

The Elizabethan era is the epoch in English history marked by the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603). 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 hated by the people of the land. In terms of the entire century, the historian John Guy (1988) argues that "England was economically healthier, more expansive, and more optimistic under the Tudors" than at any time in a thousand years.