knowledge test 3 Flashcards
which word meaning ‘re-birth’ is used to describe the intellectual and cultural development of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?
Renaissance
Which group of people became larger, more important and wealthier in Elizabethan England?
The gentry
Name three famous figures from the English Renaissance
Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, Nicholas Hilliard, John Dee, John Napier, William Camden, Richard Hakluyt, Francis Bacon, William Harvey
Which invention meant that new ideas could be spread quickly during the English Renaissance?
The printing press
Which laws strictly controlled the clothes that people could wear depending on their social rank?
The Sumptuary Laws
What term is used to describe the building boom and development of new ideas in architecture during the Elizabethan period?
The Great Rebuilding
Who was the leading architect of the Elizabethan period?
Roberth Smythson
Name two famous houses built in this period?
Longleat House and Hardwick Hall
What was the name of the large windows that became common in Elizabethan houses?
Mullioned windows
Why did Puritans disapprove of actors?
Acting was the work of the Devil
When did London’s first purpose-built theatre open and what was it called?
1576- The Theatre
Where were most theatres located in London?
Outside the city walls. Most were on the South Bank of the River Thames
Where were the cheapest tickets in the Elizabethan theatre?
In ‘the pit’ or ‘the yard’
Name two famous Elizabethan playwrights
William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe
What was the name of Shakespeare’s theatre?
The Globe
