Life in Elizabethan times Flashcards
What was the Great Chain of Being?
a tier of hierarchy of status
What else was Hardwick Hall known as?
Elizabeth Shrewsbury
When was Hardwick Hall built?
1590-97
How did the gentry and the nobility show off their wealth?
building lavish country homes
What are 3 features of a traditional ‘lavish country home’?
-open courtyards
-expensive glass windows
-symmetrical
Acting provided jobs. Name one actor
Richard Burbage
Name 1 theatre troupe
Lord Chamberlain’s men
How many theatres were there in London by the end of Elizabeth’s reign?
7
Name 2 theatres in London
-The Globe
-The Swan
Where did the poor stand in the theatre?
pit
What were the poor known as in the theatre?
groundlings/ penny stinkers
Where did the rich sit in the theatre?
-galleries
-Lords’ rooms
Golden Age: What were 3 features of fashion?
-large ruffs
-white makeup
-blackened teeth
-silk imported from Asia
Golden Age: What was architecture influenced by?
Italian Renaissance
Golden Age: Name 3 stately homes
-Hardwick Hall
-Burghley House
-Sheffield Manor Lodge
What caused poverty?
-population increase
-flu
-agriculture
Poverty: How was agriculture a cause?
-bad harvest (1594-98)
-new system: enclosure (more unemployment)
Poverty: How many peopled died due to flu in 1556?
200,000
Poverty: Who were the idle/ underserving poor?
-beggars
-anglers
-rufflers
-vagrants
Poverty: Give an example of an Almshouse
Archbishop Whitgift in Croydon
Poverty: Give an example of a hospital for the poor
St Bartholomew’s for the sick
Poverty: Ipswich local scheme
-1569 introduced beggar licenses
-youth training scheme
Poverty: York local scheme
-1515 issued beggar licenses
-House of Correction
What year was the poor law?
1601
What was the poor law?
-compulsory nationwide Poor Law tax
-indoor relief (workhouses)
-Almshouses for impotent poor
3 British sailors
-Sir Francis Drake
-Sir Walter Raleigh
-John Hawkins
When did Drake circumnavigate the world?
1577-80
Sir Walter Raleigh was given royal permission to explore where?
the Americas
Why did Raleigh want to explore the Americas?
colonise non Christian countries
What was John Hawkins involved in?
slave trade
What was the slave trade?
capturing West Africans and selling them in South America
What were the impacts of the sailors?
-wealth
-power
-territory
