3.1 Education And Leisure

Question 1

Elizabethan attitudes to education?

Answer 1

• increasingly valuable
• rejected social hierarchy of the country, education was about social mobility
• education was about preparing for life you were going to lead

Question 2

What education did poor boys and girls get?

Answer 2

• No formal education.
• taught children at home to behave correctly and a basic religious education. From age six all kids had to go to Sunday school, learnt lords prayer , 10 commandments and the creed.
• boys were trained in simple work skills and girls helped mothers with household activities

Question 3

What education did middle class children get from ages 4-8?

Answer 3

• They went to petty schools (aged 4-8) to learn reading , writing and arithmetic
• small local schools were run by parish priests
• strong religious focus
• didn’t have books , they had hornbook which was a wooden board with the alphabet and lords prayer.
• majority boys , some girls

Question 4

What schools did girls go to aged 4-8?

Answer 4

Dame school, focused on the home , got a basic education.

Question 5

What education did upper class children get?

Answer 5

Private tutor until early teens, noble household until mid teens , then university

Question 6

What school did middle class children go too aged 8-14?

Answer 6

• grammar schools
• taught latin, greek, french, history , philosophy, archery , wrestling and running
• most pupils were boys from upper and middle classes , some were poor boys who were very bright , but most couldn’t as were needed at home .

Question 7

How many new grammar schools in elizabeths reign?

Answer 7

100 new schools , a big expansion

Question 8

What were the two universities ?

Answer 8

Oxford and cambridge

Question 9

What happened to the amount of universities during elizabeths reign?

Answer 9

They increased as the prosperity grew rapidly for the upper and middle class.

Question 10

What could students learn at universities?

Answer 10

Music, latin, geometry, philosophy , greek, astronomy , law , theology, medicine , arithmetic

Question 11

Why did education become more important in the elizabethan era?

Answer 11

• humans movement, education important in it own right
• protestants wanted people to be able to read the bible
• increase in business and trade needed more educated people im towns

Question 12

What happened to mens literacy rate ?

Answer 12

Increased by 10%

Question 13

Who were the royal court?

Answer 13

Large group of people that surrounded elizabeth at all times

Question 14

How many attended the court and who?

Answer 14

1000

Personal servants , privy council , noble , ambassadors and foreign visitors

Question 15

What were elizabeths favourite sports ?

Answer 15

• she and her courtiers often hunted deer, as entertainment and to actually eat
• the queen trained falcons(hawking ), it was an expensive process which only the rich could afford.

Question 16

All sports in elizabethan times?

Answer 16

tennis , fencing , hunting , hawking , fishing , archery , wrestling and swimming

Question 17

What sports were elizabeths courtiers expected to be good at?

Answer 17

Fencing as they practised from a young age. Tennis and bowls were also becoming more popular . These sports required expensive equipment only available to the rich.

Question 18

Why did most ordinary people not have time for sport?

Answer 18

Worked six days a week and went to church on Sunday,

Question 19

When did ordinary people have a chance to proceed with leisurely activities?

Answer 19

Festival days , including midsummers days and ascension day. On these days people will often enjoy sports , feasting and other pastimes

Question 20

What was the most popular sport for ordinary people and how did it play?

Answer 20

Football . Often played between two villages , the pitch could be any size and there were no rules except to get the ball to a certain area. It often ended in massive brawls and people got killed

Question 21

What were blood sports?

Answer 21

Cockfighting , bull or bear baiting which were popular. People would gamble on the outcome of the fights

Question 22

Where did plays take place ?

Answer 22

No permanent theatres. They just travelled around performing in village squares and courtyards of inns

Question 23

When were the first theatres built in london ?

Answer 23

1570s they included the theatre and the curtain . They were usually round , open air buildings with a raised stage that stretched out into audience

Question 24

Who went to the theatre?

Answer 24

Both the rich and the poor. Poor sat on the floor while rich sat under cover in the theatre walls

Question 25

What was essential for the development of theatre ?

Answer 25

Support from the elite as acting companies relied on them for funding

Question 26

When was the globe theatre built ?

Answer 26

1599

Question 27

Did elizabeth like theatre ?

Answer 27

Yes , she set up her own acting company , the queens men and often had plays at court .

Question 28

What was Shakespeare’s acting company called?

Answer 28

Lord chamberlains men