Name three characteristics of the time period in which shakespeare was writing and working.

The characteristics of the time period Shakespeare was writing are:

Shakespeare's time period was a period of great literary creativity and prolific writing.Romance dominated all types of literature including drama and plays that were very important during this time.Shakespeare's time period was a time of great experimentation that resulted in wonderful new discoveries and often failures. Science, theology, and the geography were topics of poetry and literature in general at the time.Literature in Shakespeare's time period was heavily influenced by that of Italy, and to a lesser extent by that of Spain and France.Authors during this era came from all the different social classes, from distinguished noble people to commoners, but invariably all of them were male.

Explanation:

The time period in which Shakespeare was writing is called the Elizabethan Age. This was time of Queen Elizabeth I of England, and the time of Shakespeare.

The Elizabethan Age was characterized by the thriving of the arts, especially literary arts, a renewed spirit of adventure and a renewed attention to older sources of knowledge.