Restoration England- Life Flashcards
What were the swellings (glands filled with pus) that was a symptom of the plague called?
Buboes
What was miasma and what did people believe about it?
Bad or poisonous air that spread the plague
What name was given to the list of deaths in London (causes and numbers dead)?
Bill of Mortality
Name the four humours
Yellow bile
Black bile
Blood
Mucus
What was ‘jettying’?
When houses moved further into the street the higher they got causing the streets to become narrower as they fit higher
What name was given to pulling down the surrounding buildings to prevent fire from spreading?
Fire break
Who did the King put in charge of fighting the Great Fire of London?
Duke of York, James
Name one group blamed for the start of the Great Fire of London
French
What percentage of homes were destroyed by the Great Fire of London?
20%
Name a popular, female playwright during the Restoration
Aphra Behn
What did Hugh Chamberlen’s father and uncle invent?
Forceps
Name the book produced giving wealthy women advice in running their homes (medicine, preserving and cooking)
The Queens Closet opened
What was Solomon’s House?
Society to improve the scientific study of nature (later become Royal Society in 1662)
By 1700 approximately how many coffee houses were there in London?
500
Will’s coffee house (near convent garden) was particularly popular with which groups?
Actors, Playwrights, Poets
