Notes on Elizabethan Society

There are several important differences between ____________ times and our times. First, the _______ did not live in a _________; they were governed by a _____. Shakespeare’s English democracy queen

Queen Elizabeth I

The people were divided into two classes ________________ who had either lots of ______ or an important ___________ - titled gentlemen money family name

Titled Gentleman

-or else they were ________ who owned next to _______ and barely ________. peasants nothing survived

Elizabethan Peasant Couple

There was a very rigid _____ ______. The top social levels for ___________ were as follows: class system non-nobles

wealthy _________ _______ and clerks ______ craftsmen journeymen or __________ independent traders __________ merchants lawyers master apprentices domestics

This was an extremely _____ __________ society. _______ were expected to _____ soon upon reaching _____-bearing age, and their chief duties were to maintain a ____ and to bear as ____ children (preferably____) as possible – the more children you had the fewer _______ you had to pay to get the work done. male- dominatedWomen marry child homemany male workers

A woman’s role at this time was that of ____ and ______. She was supposed to do everything that her _______ _______. She was not _______ to own ________, and _______ her husband could ____ her if she ________. wifemother husband ordered allowedproperty legally beat disobeyed

Even though the English at this time did not treat their women well, and considered women little more than ________, they _____ and _______ their queen. She was one of the few women who were considered _________. property lovedtrusted important

In __________ society (the lords and ladies) men and women wore ____. They would ______ their wigs and _________. They powdered the wigs because it was the _______. Elizabethan wigspowder themselves fashion

However, they powdered themselves because of the ____. In those times they didn’t _____ very often due to ___________ about frequent bathing. People actually believed that bathing could be ______. bathe superstitions harmful odor

So, to cover the odor, they put on ______ or they would rub sweet ____ into their skin to help hide the odor. As a result of the sweet oils, many people had running _____ on their skin. powder oils sores

The _______ of many commoners was based on _________. The chief livestock was _____. There were approximately _____ sheep per person in England. lifestyle agriculture sheep three

People drank ___ instead of _____. Only the very upper classes and royalty drank ____. ale water wine

Most villagers were functionally ________. They might be able to recognize a few _______ or _______, illiterate letters numbers

but reading and writing were ____ that basically belonged to members of the _______, _______, or ______. skills nobility lawyersclergy

This was also a time of very ________ _______ conditions. Doctors _____ more people than they _____. primitivemedical killed cured

Infant and child ________ rates were extremely ____. People also lost _____ while they were fairly young since they didn’t _____ them and there were no ______. mortality high teeth brush dentists

Many women died while having babies because doctors had no idea about _____. germs

Medical texts expressed a deep distrust of ____ ____, believing it could cause __________, ________, and ______. The average life span was about __ years. freshfruit melancholy poisoningillness 35