elizabeth part 2 Flashcards

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when was the printing press invented

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1436

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2
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why could more people read because of printing press

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chap books were sold at affordable prices for all

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why were the gentry on the rise x3

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  1. tudors saw nobility as a threat due to their power and influence so excluded them from positions such as elizabeth’s pricy council
  2. dissolution on monsteries - land was sold cheap and fast which was purchased by the gentry
  3. more exploration - meant more trade
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4
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who was a notable architect elizabethan

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robert smythson

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5
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what was the period of architectural prosperity called

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the great rebuilding

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why was there the great rebuilding

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built to reflect the prosperity of the era - no moats etc needed as there were no wars of the such

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7
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features of an elizabethan house

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lots of windows
plasterwork art ceilings
fireplaces, tapestries

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8
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what inspired the great rebuilding’s architecture

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the italian renaissance

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9
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examples of women’s fashion x5

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  1. dyed hair with fake hair piled on top
  2. ruff - large
  3. gown and overgown
  4. heavy white makeup
  5. blackened teeth
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examples of mens fashion

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  1. ruff
  2. jerkin - colourful jacket
  3. silk stockings
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11
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what year was the act of parliament declaring actors need a license

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1572

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12
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when was The Theatre opened

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1576

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13
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when was the globe opened

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1599

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why was the globe opened

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his puritan landowner refused to renew the lease, so he disassembled the theatre and assembled it on the south bank. renamed the globe

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15
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what system was in place to support actors

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patronage

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16
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why was poverty so bad in elizabethan england reasons x5

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  1. rising population, demand outstripped supply
  2. war against the dutch and Spanish , also affected trade in antwerp
  3. bad harvests. death conditions made bad harvests
  4. rack renting- landowners increased their prices so farmers were evicted
  5. landowners changing farming - they farmed sheep instead as it was cheaper, so had to enclose their fields, which meant the poor lose their mini plots
17
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example of a play about patronage

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richard 3rd put him in a good light as he was an ancestor of elizabeth

18
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how many people went to the theatre each week

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15,000 in 1595

19
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how many pople went to the theatre each week in 1620

20
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how much was the entrace fee minimum

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1 penny for groundlings

21
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what were the two types of poor

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the impotent poor, the idle poor

22
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when and what was the statue of artificers

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1563, placed wage limits and slowed enclosure

23
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how many poeple were poor in norwich in 1570

24
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what and when was the poor law

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1601 - everyone had to pay towards a local poor rate for the setting up of workhouses for the deserving poor and almshouses for the impotent poor

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what did the poor law give orphans
apprenticehsips to learn a trade
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positives of the 1601 poor law x3
- oppotunities - 1st time the govt took any responsibility for the poor -stopped fear of a revolt
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negatives of the 1601 poor law x4
-idle poor still villified -poverty was still high - focused too much on punishment, begging lead to whipping - only enacted to stop a rebellion
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example of british exploration
the east india company who brought spices to sell in england
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what religion was francis drake
puritan
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how much worth of treasure did francis drake bring back
£400,000
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how much of the 400,000 worth of treasure did francis drake keep
10,000
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what year was francis drake knighted
1581
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where was francis drake knighted
aboard his ship; the golden hind
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example of elizabeth rewarding patronageq
spencer's allegorical poem the faerie queen - she gave him a £50 pension
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who was walter raleigh and what did he do
he recieved a royal patent to establish a colony in the Americas
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what did walkter raleigh name this colony in america
Virginia
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what was virginia rich in
wine, oil, sugar, flax
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why was exploration good for england x6
1. brought wealth to england 2. founded britain as a global superpower 3. powerful navy developed 4. less reliant on European trade 5. less poverty as emigration which meant more trade. 6. trade links
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why was the colony bad for england
increased hostility to spain