The Elizabethan Period The people in the Elizabethan Era lived very different lives to what we do today. The Elizabethan people believed that the queen was God’s representation here on Earth. Their social order ranked the monarch as the highest‚ followed by the nobility‚ the gentry‚ merchants and labourers. The government was relatively stable‚ centralised‚ well-organized and efficient. The Elizabethan people had high regard for family in a community. They believed that families were role
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Summary/Background: Caitlin: The Elizabethan Era was one of the most fascinating periods in the History of England. The Elizabethan era was a time associated with Queen Elizabeth the first’s reign (1558–1603) and is often considered to be the golden age in English history . It was the height of the English Renaissance . This was also the time during which Elizabethan theatre flourished‚ and William Shakespeare and many others composed plays that broke free of England’s past style of plays and
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Elizabethan Life During the Elizabethan period‚ Europe was going through the Renaissance. Their culture and way of life was emerging from the Middle Ages into their peak of advancements. Also‚ their lives were very different from ours. They listened to different kinds of music and found other ways of enjoyment such as dancing. The food they ate is also very unusual from ours. Their society was broken into classes‚ women were obedient and their children could not get educated. Their culture
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Aspects of Elizabethan Gardening and Landscape Architecture The reign of Elizabeth I was a golden era in English history‚ a time which abounded in men of genius. Among the many branches of art‚ science‚ and economy‚ to which they turned their attention‚ none profited more from the power of their wits‚ than did the art of gardening. Not having shared her father’s personality‚ nor his desire to not let the people live in more beautiful surroundings than his own‚ Elizabeth encouraged
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The English Elizabethan Era is one of the most fascinating periods in the History of England. The Elizabethan Era is named after the greatest Queens of England‚ Queen Elizabeth I. The Elizabethan Era is not only famous for the Virgin Queen‚ but also for the era itself. It is known for Great Explorers‚ such as Sir Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh. The Elizabethan Period was the age of the Renaissance‚ of new ideas and new thinking. The introduction of the printing press during the Renaissance‚
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Times were very difficult during the Elizabethan era. Because of their hardships‚ their entertainment was very important to them. During the Elizabethan times they had a wide variety of things that entertained them. These forms of entertainment varied greatly. These forms of entertainment ranged from singing and dancing‚ to blood sport. Social classes also might have determined what type of sports or games you played. The poor lower class would play games‚ invent stories‚ dance‚ play music‚ watched
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and rights of women in the Elizabethan Era are a lot different than what we are used to. A woman’s main purpose in Shakespeare’s time was to give birth to children. However‚ the roles in the house was based off one’s wealth. If one was fortunate enough to be rich and have slaves‚ they could pursue a profession in literature. In this era women were not allowed to work in any profession other than literature. Additionally‚ in Taming of the Shrew ( a
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Men’s Fashion in the Elizabethan Era The Elizabethan era was known in part for its clothing styles and fashion particularly on men because there were numerous articles of clothing for men to wear in a complete outfit. In that particular era‚ people had to dress according to their position in society because‚ “distinctions between classes of clothes were affected by wealth and status”‚ (Oslen‚ 137). Men’s fashion in the Elizabethan era was much different than the fashion now because back then
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era and the early twentieth century idealised the Elizabethan era. The Encyclopædia Britannica still maintains that "The long reign of Elizabeth I‚ 1558-1603‚ was England’s Golden Age...’Merry England‚’ in love with life‚ expressed itself in music and literature‚ in architecture‚ and in adventurous seafaring."[1] This idealising tendency was shared by Britain and an Anglophilic America. (In popular culture‚ the image of those adventurous Elizabethan seafarers was embodied in the films of Errol Flynn
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During the Elizabethan times the way they cooked‚ served‚ and handled their food was very different from ours. They didn’t have as many cooking tools but the did have much simpler ones to use when necessary. If you saw someone cooking the way they did during their time you would tend to find it a little strange but quite delicious for upper class. Usually during their time they would use:“spit roasting‚ baking‚ boiling‚ smoking‚ salting or thru frying”(www.http://www.elizabethanenglandlife.com)
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