Elizabeth KQ2 Flashcards
Rich homes
Labelled the “great rebuilding” E or H shape Divide between nobles and servants Long gallery over the great hall for recreation with large windows Burghley house, hardwick hall
Gentry homes
Rented out land to make several hundred pounds a year
Copied the trends of the rich
Ceilings, wider windows, great hall converted to private dining hall
Poor homes
They had only one room which was shared with animals
Earth frame, thatched roof, bed, table and stools
If they got richer they would have glazed windows, separate bedrooms, chimneys a parlour and a kitchen
Noblemen and women clothes
Men: doublet, ruff, jarbin, trunk hose, stockings, leather shoes
Women: ruffs, petticoat, jewellery, gown, stockings, leather shoes
Gentry chlothes
Tried to copy the rich with main differences in nice threads
Poor males clothes
One outfit: leather shoes, knitted stockings, leather breaches, doublet and a jacket
Rich and gentry education
Sons were taught at home, including French, Latin and Greek
Things like table etiquette were equally important
Daughters learned how to run a house
Gentry were taught similarly but went to grammar schools
Poor education
They hardly had one and only few could attend parish schools but would have to leave to work
Impotent poor
Those who were unable to work due to age or health
Able-bodied poor
Those who are able to work but can’t or won’t
Clapper dudgeon
Made themselves bleed by tying arsenic to their skin and tried to attract sympathy
Hooker/angler
Knocked on doors in the day to see what they could steal and used their hook at night to steal valuables
Doxy
A woman who would pretend to be knitting when they were actually scavenging
A common trick was to tie chickens on a lead that had break on in
Abraham men
People who would try and scare people into giving them money by behaving threateningly
Raffler
Former soldiers who couldn’t find a job and would steal, threaten and beg
Dummerers
They would pretend to be dumb to try and get donations
Rising inflation
Spanish exploration of central and South America decreased the value of all currency
The value was significantly decreased in the 1540s by Henry viii to pay for the war against France
Bad harvests
1556, 96 and 97 were all bad harvest
The latter two coincided with the outbreak of the plague
Changes in farming methods
Sheep farming was more profitable than food
Labourers would lose their jobs
Families lost their food
Rack-renting
Rent prices increased significantly which was a problem for tenant farmers who rented from the rich
They had to be evicted, losing them a place to live and the gentry income
Rural depopulation
Most lived in rural areas at the start and had to leave to work in towns
London had 50k-60k in 1520
It increased to 200k in 1600
Norwich was the next biggest with 12k
Dissolution of the monasteries
They had provided food, shelter and medical care to the poor but in 1530 Henry viii removed them and didn’t replace them
Costly foreign laws and demobbed soldiers
Wars against France, Scotland and Spain causes a rise in taxes
Soldiers who returned had no jobs after the war
1562-98 french wars of religion
1585-1604 Anglo-Spanish wars
1594-1603 nine years war
Rising population
1550-1601 43% increase
2.7m in 1540s to 4.1m in 1601
Wages stayed the same, prices rose
