GCSE History OCR B (The Elizabethans 1508 - 1603) Section 5: Daily lives and Popular Pastimes Flashcards

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State 4 ideas that people in Industrial Britian thought about the “Golden Age” of Elizabethan England.

A

1) People wore fine clothes
2) Everyone had plenty of food
3) People got on well with each other
4) Cultural achievements, such as plays, were enjoyed by everyone

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State 2 sports that people in Elizabethan England liked to watch.

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Football, often played between villages.
Bear-baiting.

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Explain what people did to celebrate the festival of the “Parish Ale.”

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Several days of drinking, eating and dancing

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What did people do to celebrate Christmas?

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12 days of eating, drinking and carol-singing.

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5
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How did people celebrate “May Day”?

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People danced around the May Pole and watched plays.

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When was “Harvest Home” celebrated?

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After the yearly crop harvest, usually at the end of August.

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What was the most popular pastime for the Labouring Poor and the Middling Sort?

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Heading to the alehouse (pub) to drink beer with freinds

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What 2 illegal acts took place in alehouses?

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Gambling and prostitution

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What 3 things reduced the number of people participating in Popular Pastimes?

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1) Parish ales stopped in many areas
2) Alehouses closed
3) Marypoles were pulled down

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What 2 things did Puritan minsiters do to clamp down on the number of people participating in popular pastimes?

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1) Preaching sermons attacking festivals such as Parish Ales
2) Pursuaded JPs to ban maypoles and introduce liscences for selling ale

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State 4 motives for the Puritans attacking Popular Pastimes?

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1) Protecting the sabbath
2) Stopping pagan practices
3) Preventing violent disorder
4) Preventing sex outside of marriage

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State 3 things that Elizabethans believed that witches had the power to do.

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1) Perform magic to cure illnesses
2) Control the actions of others
3) Recover stolen goods

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13
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Define the term “familiar”

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A small animal such as a cat or toad that was assosiated with a witch.

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What did the 1583 law against witchcraft establish about the punishments for witchcraft?

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1) Death by hanging for using witchcraft to kill.
2) Imprisonment for damage to property.

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State 3 reasons for the persecution of witches.

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1) Tension between villages
2) Attacks on women
3) Puritans

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At the start of Elizabeth’s reign, how did actors perform their plays?

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They travelled the country, performing at alehouses and parish ales.

17
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State the name of a popular Elizabethan theatre company?

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Lord Chamberlain’s Men.

18
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State 2 popular plays performed by Lord Chamberlain’s Men.

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Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth.

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State 2 reaons why Puritans opposed the theaters.

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1) Plays encouraged unholy behaviour
2) They distracted people from prayer and bible study.

20
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Why did the London City Authorities oppose the theaters?

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They feared crowds of spectators would spread the plauge and commit crimes.

21
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Why did the Queen support the theaters?

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She found the plays enjoyable

22
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Why did ordinary people enjoy the theater?

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It provided cheap entertainment