Elizabeth –Society in the age of exploration Flashcards
What happened to Attitude towards education in the Elizabeeth in the era
It became increasingly valuable
What sports did the nobility and gentry do
– Hunting on horseback with hounds – walking – fishing – fencing – real tennis
What leisure did working people do: craftsmen, farmers, labourers
Football
What was baitings
There would be chained up for a post and dogs are loose again Stephen
– although the bears teeth were broken so that They could not kill the dogs many were killed is the bear lashed out with his claws or pinned them under their paws
-Taken not to kill the bears are possible is there expensive
– All the classes in joyed it as it was considered a sport
– they also used bulls as they were not expensive
What was cock-fighting
-Cockerels fought to the death
– Arenas were even built and people betted huge sums of money
Puritans disagreed of this
Who enjoy the theatre and literature
The nobility and gentry
Music and dancing with popular with all classes
What instruments did the upper class use
WhAt instruments did the lower class use
The upper-class played pianos and guitars
The lower class played bad pipes and fiddles
How did the lower class have fun
Inns and taverns Where important Because the lower class and got drunk
All took part in Hunting
What did the upper-class hunt
What did the lower class hunt
The rich hunted deer
The poor used hawking
Why did poverty increase
-Growth in population
– rising prices
– the collapse of the “cloth trade
– the reduction of farmers due to the growth of towns
How did the growth in population affect the poverty
Population was just over 3 million in 1558 but by the end of her reign it was about 4.5 million
This meant that there was For fewer jobs and there were people meaning that many people left unemployed
– after the collapse of the cloth trade there even less jobs
How did the collapse of the cloth trade affect poverty
English wedding cloth which is the good in which England export of the most
– manufacturing, which included spinning and weaving, provided work for many labourers
– after the sack of Antwerp at by the Spanish, much of the cloth trade broke down – after the complete Collapse of the cloth trade in the 1550s, tens of thousands of people left unemployed – this led to increased property as the source of income for many families was taken away
How did the reduction in the number of farmers due to the growth of towns affect poverty
The rule population decreased as many people move to the city or popular towns in search for a better life. The towns off and had more jobs however due to the large movement of people all the jobs available decreased
– This meant that people turned to vagrancy and ended up begging and stealing – the overall affect was a decrease in farmers This meant that there was less food been produced and as a result food prices risen
What to lead to Elizabeth increased exploring
– Competition for Empire – money – treasures –slaves – fame – to please and the Queen – New technology
How did money Increase explorations and voyages of discovery
Some young Elizabeth and Maddi specially from the nobility and gentry with the voyages of discovery and hope it is of adventure and making a fortune
How did new technology lead to an increased exploration and voyage of discovery
There was better navigation – e.g. Thomas Harriet worked out a simpler way of using this on to calculate a true sailing direction of the ship – this made wages safer, more direct and faster
They had also started using quadrants and Astrolabes Are used to make accurate calculations about the ships position – they used stars
They also had increased maps – the Mercator map Used evenly spaced lines of longitude and latitude to place lines but actually on the map – so listen out a much more realistic picture of what the world looks like when plotting voyages – printing also allow these to be widespread
How did the triangular trade lead to increased exploration of voyages
Slavery had existed for thousands of years across all continents however generally speaking it’s writing English merchants first began to exploit ancient African slave trade. Eventually developed on a massive transatlantic scale , With the buying, season, of thousands of Africans to ship to the new world
John Hawkins was a slave trader and a man that helped the English beat the armada – he transported slaves across the Lantic is sold into Spanish colonists
John Hawkins first establish the triglyceride after the 1561–62 voyage
When was John Hawkins voyage to bring Africans into the slave trade
1961 to 1962