Elizabethan Government Flashcards
1
Q
Who were at the top of Elizabethan society?
A
Nobility
2
Q
What is gentry?
A
They are lower than nobility, they generally have the same land, the nobility usually have better links to the monarch
3
Q
How was your social status determined in elizabethan times?
A
The amount of land you owned
4
Q
What was the lowest part of society?
A
Vagrants and homeless
5
Q
Who were yeomen?
A
They were men who owned a small amount of land or an estate. Basically the lower gentry
6
Q
Who were tenants farmers ?
A
People who farmed the land, they usually farmed on land owned by yeomen or gentry
7
Q
How many people lived in the countryside?
A
Over 90% lived and worked in the countryside
8
Q
Who were at the top of society in towns?
A
Merchants, they bought and sold goods making their wealth trading goods.
