Hierarchy, Leisure, Sports

Question 1

What was the role of women

Answer 1

At all levels it was to have a family and look after the household

Question 2

What did social and political hierarchy affect

Answer 2

The type of education and leisure activities that people would undertake

Question 3

What was the name and the date of the first purpose built theatre

Answer 3

1567, the read lion / the theatre

Question 4

Who would go to the theatre

Answer 4

All classes but sit in different areas

Question 5

When the theatre became popular, who had there own actor comany

Answer 5

The queen

Earl of Leicester

Question 6

What classes was gambling popular with

Answer 6

All

Question 7

Who was a fan of bear bating + did they die?

Answer 7

Elizabeth, didnt die as they were expensive

Question 8

Could bulls die in bull baiting

Answer 8

Yes

Question 9

4 spectators sports

Answer 9

Bear bating
Gambling
Cock fighting
Bull baiting

Question 10

Why were puritans against spectator sports

Answer 10

Didn’t like that it happened on a day of rest (Sunday)

Believe Gambling was against god

Question 11

What sports did the lower class do

Answer 11

Hunting (rabbits and ground animals)

Football - no rules on picking up or tripping people

Question 12

What sports did nobility do (who had time and money)

Answer 12

Nobel men: fencing, real tennis.

Hunting, hawking ( time consuming and expensive), fishing

Question 13

Popular sports (6)

Answer 13

Wrestling, swimming, baiting, cock fighting, hunting, football

Question 14

What sports would all classes take part in

Answer 14

Wrestle and swim (never mix, higher class in private)

Question 15

Inns and taverns were an important part of everyday lives for lower class

Answer 15

True

Question 16

What 3 things became increasingly popular for all classes

Answer 16

Literature
Dancing and music
Eating and drinking

Question 17

What goods from the new world started to be used

Answer 17

Tobacco (very expensive)

Question 18

2 examples of feast days that would give people the opportunity to have large feats and parties

Answer 18

Saints days

May days

Question 19

Who did writing poetry become increasingly popular for

Answer 19

Well educated

Question 20

What did development of the printing press lead to (literature)

Answer 20

More people able to read books about history and roman and greek classics

Question 21

What Instruments would Nobel amd upper class houses own

Answer 21

Lutes and harpsichords

Question 22

Who was dancing popular with

Answer 22

All classes (never mix)

Question 23

What did dancing give an opportunity for

Answer 23

Men and women to come together

Question 24

Wealthy familys didnt employ own musicians

Answer 24

False

Question 25

What instruments would lower class household often own

Answer 25

Bagpipes and fiddles

Question 26

Where would lower class listen to music

Answer 26

Festivals and fayres
Music in church 
Tavern 
Barbers 
In the streets

Question 27

At the beginning of the Elizabethan period where do people go to watch please and what were they about

Answer 27

Performed in ins and marketplaces and performed Bible stories and mirical plays 

Question 28

Why did Protestantism help to stimulate theater

Answer 28

Protestants wanted new plays so that catholic would stop controlling them

Question 29

Why did actors find it hard to perform

Answer 29

Audience wonder around during performances
eating and drinking ,clapping , booing
throwing things at the actors rowdy making a massive distraction.
Actors also had very little tine to be prepared and expect to do new place every three days

Question 30

How did powerful people try to help actors

Answer 30

They gave them legal and financial support to ensure they could continue to perform

Question 31

What was billed in 1576 1577 and 1587

Answer 31

1576 - The first theatre called the red lion/the theatre it’s by James Burbage
Located in 1577 and the rose in 1587


Question 32

Why were theaters built in London

Answer 32

The growth of London’s population and the printing press

Question 33

Who were able to go watch plays at the theatre

Answer 33

Everyone can watch the theatre because of the affordable prices of only 1p for standing area two or 3P they could stand in the galleries the upper-class sat on stores on the stage

Question 34

Why do people enjoy going to these plays

Answer 34

People enjoyed complex characters gripping plots and memorable lines different story lines are in the Bible as they didn’t know the ending,
an example of this is sew of Malta

Question 35

What opposition was there from puritans 

Answer 35

Puritans believed in the theatre was the work of the devil

Question 36

To what extent was the Queen a fan of the theatre

Answer 36

She was a fan to a certain extent as she enjoyed the plays and invited actors to court and she left £3 tip in 1572 however she was worried theatre audiences may hear religious or political messages that criticised the government