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E E - Pastimes Flashcards

1
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what were some examples of popular pastimes in elizabethan england

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sport
festivities
the alehouse

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2
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how was football played in e e

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played on the streets between huge teams from different villages
most popular sport

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how was bear baiting played in e e

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spectators bet on a pack of dogs attacking a tied up bear - widespread

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what happened on saints days

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villages held parish ales that involved drinking, dancing, eating
lasted several days

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what did christmas festivities include

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eating , drinking, carol singing
lasted 12 days

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what happened on may day

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people dances around the maypole and watched plays

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what was included in harvest home

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all the crops harvested at the end of august was celebrated

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what did the ale house involve

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most common pastime for labouring poor and middling sort
places of gambling and prostitution

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what was a striking feature of elizabeth’s reign

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the decline in popular pastimes

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10
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which pastimes declined?

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parish ales
ale houses
maypoles

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who was responsible for the decline of popular pastimes

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puritan ministers who wanted to live purer christian lives

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how did puritan ministers clamp down on pastimes

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preaching sermons attacking festivities such as parish ales
persuaded justices of the peace to ban maypoles and introduce ale licences

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what drove puritan ministers to attack popular pastimes

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protecting the sabbath
stopping pagan practices
preventing violent disorder
preventing sex outside of marriage

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why did puritans want to protect the sabbath

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puritans believed that sunday should be reserved for prayer , not drinking and dancing

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why did the puritans want to stop pagan practices

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traditions such as may day were pagan not christian
puritans believed this distracted from the true christian religion

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why did puritans want to prevent violent disorder

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crowds at festivities such as parish ales and harvest home became drunk
puritans didn’t think this was christian behaviour

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why did puritans want to prevent sex outside marriage

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puritan ministers believed that dancing and drinking at festivals led to sex outside marriage which was a sin

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when were there no theatres in england

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when elizabeth became queen in 1558

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19
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what did actors do when there was no theatres

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toured the country performing at ale houses and parish ales

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20
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what happened when the government started arresting actors as vagrants

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they formed theatre companies

21
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what was a popular theatre company

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the lord chamberlains men

22
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who was the playwright for the lord chamberlains men

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william shakespeare

23
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what was a popular play in the lord chamberlains men

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romeo and juliet , macbeth

24
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which theatre did the lord chamberlains men use

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the globe

25
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why did puritan ministers oppose the theatres

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plays encouraged unholy behaviour and distracted ordinary people from prayer and bible reading

26
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why did the london city authorities oppose the theatre

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they feared crowds of spectators would spread the plague or commit crimes

27
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why did the queen support the theatres

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the queen enjoyed the theatre and invited shakespeare to perform at the royal court

28
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why did ordinary people support the theatre

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ordinary people loved the theatre because it provided cheap entertainment

29
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what did elizabethans believe about witches

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witches could perform magic to cure illness, control the actions of others, or recover stolen goods

30
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who did people believe witches power came from

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relationships with the devil

31
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what were witches believed to have

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familiars

32
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what are familiars

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small animals such as cats and goats that assisted with their evil acts

33
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when was the law against witchcraft

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1563

34
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what did the law against witchcraft contain

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death by hanging for using witchcraft to kill
prison for damage to property

35
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how many cases of witchcraft in the 1580s

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166 cases

36
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how many cases in essex alone during elizabeth’s reign

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172

37
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how is tension between villagers thought to be a reason for persecution of witches

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power for the powerless : explains confessions
lots of unexplained terrible things happen

38
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how is attacks on women thought to be a reason for the persecution of witches

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90% of those accused of witchcraft were women
patriarchal society. persecuting witches was a way to deal with women who did not have husbands to control them

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how are puritans thought to be a reason for the persecution of witches

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puritan ministers encouraged persecution to get rid of magical beliefs
essex which had many accusations of witchcraft was a highly puritan area

40
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what did the galleries look like in the dome

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covered, raised areas of seating
entry was 6 pence

41
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what was the yard in the dome like

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where the poor (groundlings) stood to watch plays .
entry is one penny

42
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what is the stage at the dome like

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raised and jutted out in the centre of the theatre

43
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elizabethans superstitions for good luck

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touching a condemned man
touching wood

44
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superstitions for bad luck

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eclipses
walking under a ladder

45
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beliefs on good and evil

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believed the world was finely balanced and good and evil went hand in hand
devil trying to tempt

46
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pastimes of poor

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physical games such as wrestling, stick fighting
football

47
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what was blamed on witchcraft

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crops failed
food rotting

48
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how were witches tested

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‘ordeal’
duck the accused under water
as water is purifying, the person floated if it rejected them

49
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what act did elizabeth publish on witches

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1563 witchcraft act
made it a felony so need to be killed

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