Quiz Question Elizabethan Era 1485 1603 Late 15

Quiz Question Elizabethan Era 1485 -1603 Late 15 th and early 17 th century Wallace and Moyer Learning Associates

Quiz Question Elizabeth I • Queen Elizabeth I ruled over n England was also well-off England during this time. compared to the other • Much of Elizabeth’s success nations of Europe. was in balancing the interests of the Puritans and n Queen Elizabeth started her reign at the age of the Catholics. She managed 25. to offend neither to a large extent. n Her leadership allowed England to prosper. She changed the country from backwards to confident. She grew the nation and increased the navy that protected England throughout the Renaissance.

Fashions/Clothing At the beginning of this period, ladies gowns were modest. They had ruffled sleeves (symbolizing upper class), and a V-shaped waist. The dresses were made to show of small waists and square shoulders. Later, the ruffled sleeves were turned to tight sleeves, and the V-shaped waist transformed into a straight waist.

Fashions/Clothing n Women’s hair was always swept up, either in a snood (a gathered bag in the back, covering the hair), or in a popular heartshaped style, which from the front looks like to little cones sticking out from either side of your hair. Queen Elizabeth wore this hairstyle for many of her portraits.

Fashions/Clothing n Men wore vest-like shirts called jerkins, and knee length pants that puffed out. Nobles wore fine leather shoes and either a velvet hat, silk hat, a tall feathery hat, or a tall fabric hat. Later on, the fashion was to wear long, billowing cloaks fastened with a pendant of chain. The hats changed to beaver hats or hats with a plume, feather, sticking out jauntily on one side. Silk stockings were added to the pants.

Working Class Clothing Chemise Kerchief Kirtle Apron Breeches

Working Class Clothing Bodice

Working Class Clothing Jerkin Doublet Breeches

Working Class Clothing Parlet Kirtle Headdress Parlet

Farthingale: structures used under to support the skirts into the desired shape Quiz Question Men’s Shoes Women’s Shoes

The Elizabethan view of pure beauty was a woman with light hair and a snow white complexion complimented with red cheeks and lips. Quiz Question

V-shaped waist

Clothes were designed with a layered approach requiring assistance in dressing from servants. Upper class fashions were tight, hot and uncomfortable.

Cartwheel ruff with lace Aristocrats Deep figure-of-eight ruff

Capotain: tall grey hat with a feather Aristocrats Cloak

Livery Collar: heavy chain, usually of gold, worn as political position. Aristocrats

Children’s Clothing Children had to wear the same clothes as adults.

Crime and Punishment Quiz Question • People were shamed publicly in front of large crowds. • Some punishments were done by the crowds. For example, the picture to the left people would walk by and spit on the prisoner. • Punishments were severe and often meant death for the prisoner.

Health n England during the Elizabethan Era did not give its people a high standard of health. Various diseases and food problems emerged which made life difficult for them.

Health n The serious lack of sanitation in Elizabethan England, especially in big cities, gave rise to many diseases endangering the lives of the people in England. Streets were filled with rotting garbage, sewers were blocked and rivers were contaminated by domestic waste. Epidemic diseases became increasingly common due to the growth of pests such as rats, fleas and lice, and were especially prevalent among children due to their high susceptibility to diseases.

Treatment: • Advanced medicine did not exist back in the 16 th century, therefore people sought for basic remedies to various illnesses usually by making their own medicine and potions using herbs and plants. Most people also preferred home medicine and household remedy as they were much cheaper than seeing doctors and physicians. n Health Quiz Question People also tried to treat diseases using methods based on their superstitious beliefs. For example, some believed that the use of magic and gemstones could cure mental illnesses and emotional discomfort. Astrology was used by doctors to heal their patients.

Health n The average lifespan of n An appointment with a an adult male was 47 qualified doctor would years, while the life cost one gold coin, expectancy of people in equivalent to 10 London was 35 years for shillings Using the retail the richer ones, and only price index, 10 shillings 25 years for the less from 1560 is worth affluent ones. Death in $1346. 52 in 2006, which infancy or early childhood was very expensive under was common. Also, about common standards during 40% of the people died the 16 th century and was before their middle therefore almost entirely teenage years. exclusive to the royalty, nobles and the rich.

Health Food the Poor Ate coarse bread of barley or rye (largest portion of the diet) n fish n cheese n vegetables. n Food the Wealthy Ate n n n Quiz Question n fine white bread the rich considered food from the ground as lowly (carrots, potatoes, etc. ) beef pork lamb fowl salmon eel shellfish.

Daily Life

Entertainment/Hobbies n n There were many different types of Elizabethan sports and entertainment: Feasts n Banquets n Fairs n Plays n Mystery Plays n Festivals – A large, elaborately prepared meal, usually for many persons and often accompanied by court entertainment. Often celebrated religious festivals – A ceremonial dinner honouring a particular guest – The Annual Summer Fair was often a bawdy affair – Started as plays enacted in town squares followed by the actors using the courtyards of taverns or inns (referred to as Inn-yards) followed by the first theatres (great open air amphitheatres built in the same style as the Roman Coliseum) and then the introduction of indoor theatres called Playhouses – Re-enactment of stories from the Bible – Celebrating Church festivals

Entertainment/Hobbies n Jousts / Tournaments – A series of tilted matches between knights n Games and Sports – Sports and games which included archery, bowling, cards, dice, hammer -throwing, quarter-staff contests, quoits, skittles and wrestling n Animal Sports – Included bear and bull baiting, and dog and cock fighting n Hunting – Sport followed by the nobility often using dogs n Hawking – Sport followed by the nobility with hawks (otherwise known as falconry)

Language ANTICK = the fool in the old plays BODIKIN = an oath (Today: “I swear”) 'Od's Bodikin, ' God's little Body CALIVER = a hand-gun DROLLERY = a puppet-show ENGLUT = to swallow speedily FET = fetched GAST = frightened HOISE = to hoist, heave up on high INLY = inward LOWT = a clown NEELD = a needle OPE = open QUICKEN = to come to life STIGMATICAL = deformed TREACHERS = traitors