England Study Guide Flashcards
What determined the style, intensity, and personality of a monarchs reign
A monarchs personality
Who ruled england throughout most of the 16th century
Queen Elizabeth 1
What issues could a monarch determine for their country
National religion, when the country would go to war, education, food they could eat, clothes they could wear
What was the monarch considered ? What was going against him considered
Demigod, sin
How long did Elizabeth the 1st rule england
45 years
Who were Elizabeth 1 parents
Henry 8, anne Boleyn
When was Liz 1 considered illegitimate
Her mother was executed when she was 3
What was Liz 1st also called
The virgin queen, Gloriana, the faerie queen, good queen bess
What was the bubonic plague transmitted by
Fleas that lived on rodents and animals, especially rats
What was the bubonic plague also called
The Black Death
How many people died of the disease in 1563
Over 20,000
What family members did Shakespeare lose to the plague
His sisters Joan and Margaret (babies), anne (7), his brother Edmund (27) , his son hamnet (11)
What are three symptoms of the plague
Very high fever, vomiting, muscular pains
What was a nursery rhyme that has plague origins
Ring around the rosy
What was life like for young girls in 16th century England
Inferior to men, no personal freedom, religion center of life, obeyed parents, only function to marry and have children, didn’t choose who they marry for political reasons, marry for love bizarre and foolish
