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The reign of ELIZABETH I (1558–1603) was a time of great change, affecting the sciences as well as technology, trade, and the view of society and religion. The humanism of the Renaissance and the discovery of the American continent together with the new heliocentric world view put the medieval order into question. At the same time there was a deeply felt sense of loss about the demise of the old political and religious order that had given each being its due position in the universe as well as in society.