Elizabethan Society In The Age Of Exploration Flashcards
What was education a preparation 4 in different social classes
Education was aimed at preparing you for the life you were expected to lead
Depended on your social class
What kind of subjects did nobility children learn
Latin Greek history philosophy government and theology
What kind of skills did upper class women get taught
Music Dancing Needlework Horse riding Archery
Punishment in Elizabethan grammar schools
Exclusion from school
Corporal punishment including caning
Being kept in a break time
Sports played by the nobility
Hunting on horseback
Hawking
Fishing
Fencing and real tennis (Just for men)
Name 2 spectator Sports
Baiting
Cock fighting
Why did poverty increase
Name four reasons
Population growth
Rising prices
Sheep farming
Enclosure
Population growth
There wasn’t enough food for everyone so the prices went up
Rising prices
When harvest was bad
There wasn’t enough food to go around
Sheep farming
The price of wool increased as demand for woolen cloth group
Only larger farms could afford it
Who were the impotant or deserving poor
Those who were unable to work because of age or illness
Who are the able-bodied or idle poor
Those who were fit to work but didn’t
1563 statute of artificers
To ensure that the poor relief was collected
The date of the Vagabond act
1572
Vagabonds act
The act stated that vagrants were to be whipped and a hole drilled through each year
The aim was to deter vagrancy
