England flourished in the 16th and early 17th century with the way Queen Elizabeth ruled her prosperous nation. With people reading more than ever, literacy expanded during her reign and books became close to commonplace. Queen Elizabeth attempted to reduce crime by using harsh punishments and public humiliation, while at the same time she tried closing her country’s religious differences. Despite many saying her social class structure was rigid, many people could break free and become rich anyways. Passages and excerpts like “Crime and Punishment in the Elizabethan Era”, “Elizabethan Class System”, Elizabethan England, “Religion in the Elizabethan Era”, “Elizabeth I”, and “Elizabeth I of England” about her reign state that she had more positives than negatives and she was a favorable ruler. The rule of Queen Elizabeth 1 influenced social, religious, political and cultural issues in a favorable way.
During the rule of Queen Elizabeth, literature and the want to be literate was present. The excerpts from Elizabethan England and “Bloom’s Literature” show over 9 million books were produced during her time as Queen. The average amount of books per person was 2, and that was a lot more than previously in England. People would buy and keep books in huge libraries to grow their knowledge and to study the texts. Protestant theologians urged the ability to read as well; “Protestant theologians urged… to read so as to study the Bible; clergy bureaucrats, merchants and professional men