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What was the myth industrial Britain made about Elizabethan England called?

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Merry England

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What was the ‘golden age’ merry England was imagined to be?

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a time when people wore fine clothes and had plenty of food. people also got on well and cultural achievements were loved by all

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What 3 popular pastimes did people enjoy Elizabethan England?

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Sport, festivals and the alehouse(pub)

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What were the 2 main sports in Elizabethan England?

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Football- played on the streets between huge teams from different villages and was the most popular sport
Bear baiting-spectators bet on a group of dogs attacking a tied up bear

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What happened at Christmas in Elizabethan England?

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Festivals including eating, drinking and carol-singing lasted 12 days

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what happened on saints days Elizabethan England?

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Villages held parish ales- festivals of eating and drinking that lasted several days.

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What happened on May Day?

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People danced around the maypole and watched plays

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What was harvest home?

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A festival after all crops were harvested at the end of August

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What was the most popular past time for labouring poor and the middling sort?

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going to the alehouse to drinking beer with friends

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What were alehouses also places of?

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Gambling and prostitution

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What was the cause of the decline in popular past times?

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Puritans ministers made parish ales stop in many places and alehouses to close. Maypoles were also pulled down

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Why did puritan ministers stop popular past times?

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They believed in wanting to live purer Christian lives

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How did puritans cause a decrease in popular pastimes?

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Preached sermons attacking sermons such as festivals
persuaded justices of peace ban maypoles and introduce licenses for selling ale

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What drove puritan ministers to attack popular pastimes?

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1.protecting the sabbath-puritans believed Sunday should be reserved for pray
2.stopping pagan practices- puritans believed some pagan practices eg may day were distractions from the Christian religion
3.preventing violent disorder- Puritans disproved of people getting drunk and violent from festivals as they didn’t see it as Christian behaviour
4.preventing sex outside marriage- festivals may lead to the sin of sex outside marriage

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WHAT WAS THE 1563 LAW AGAINST WITCHCRAFT?

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persecution against witches that allowed death by hanging and prison for property damage

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How many cases of witches punishment were there in Elizabethan England?

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there were 166 cases in the 1580s and there was 172 in Essex alone

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Why were witches persecuted?

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1.tension between villagers- power for the powerless explains confessions and lots of unexplained terrible things happen
2.attacks on women- 90% of witchcraft accusations were women and in a patriarchal society was a way to deal with women without husbands
3.puritans- puritan ministers encouraged persecution to get rid of magical beliefs. Essex had a high number of accusations and was highly puritan

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how many theatres were there when Elizabeth came into reign?

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0

19
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how did Elizabeth show herself to the public?

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She went on tours and performed at alehouses and parish ales

20
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Who was the popular film company?

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The Lord Chamberlain’s men

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what were some popular plays and theatre?

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Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth were popular in the globe(in London)

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What was opposition to theatres?

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Puritan ministers opposed them because they encouraged unholy behaviour and distracted people from prayer and bible reading.
The London authorities because of the crowds spreading the plague

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Who liked the theatre?

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The queen loved it and invited Shakespeare to perform in the royal court. Ordinary people also loved the cheap entertainment

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