Popular Culture in Elizabethan society Flashcards
1
Q
What did the Elizabethans like to do?
A
- Plays
-Literature due to printing press
-Bloodsports
-Public Excecutions
-Church
2
Q
Who were people that opposed the theatre and why?
A
Puritans and authorities
- Encouraged drinking
-disease
-pickpocketing
-sinful (male actors dressing like females)
-distracts from church.
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