Chapter 2 - Life in Tudor Times

Question 1

What are the four human groups mentioned in Harrison’s book?

Answer 1

gentlemen, citizens, yeomen, labourers

Question 2

Describe the gentlemen/ladies.

Answer 2

• very, very rich, live in huge country houses
• owned lots of lands
• some help the king or queen to run the country
• 5 percent

Question 3

Describe the citizens.

Answer 3

-live in towns, still rich
-earn living by selling goods such as jewellery, wine,
cloths
-5 percent

Question 4

Describe the yeomen.

Answer 4

-farmers
-own or rent land
-lived in middle-sized farmhouses
30 percent

Question 5

Describe the labourers.

Answer 5

-similar to the peasants
-lived in the country (most), work on farms
-lived in towns, work as carpenters, tailor, shoemakers
or bricklayers
-60 percent

Question 6

What are paupers?

Answer 6

people that have no jobs and rely on the charity