The Elizabethan court was full of nobles and courtiers of both the male and female genders. Queen Elizabeth herself (for whom the period was named) was also a female.
The Elizabethan (note spelling) period was named for Queen Elizabeth I
Elizabethan or Victorian.
the Jacobian period, named for king James the first of England.
In honour of her long and illustrious rule (1558 - 1603), the Elizabethan period was named after herself: Elizabeth I, although she was the last of the Tudor monarachs.
It was named after Queen Elizabeth 1
what are you talking about if we were all named after Queen Elizabeth then we would all be named Elizabeth ! answer: Perhaps you are referring to the time period, which is Elizabethan.
The Elizabethan Era. She reigned from 1558-1603. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabethan_era
In England, the eras in which Shakespeare are named after the monarchs: the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods.
If you mean to describe a time that was not Elizabethan, you could refer to the time before or after the Elizabethan era, such as the Tudor period or the Stuart period.
Elizabeth I
Men are above women in the Elizabethan chain.