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THE ELIZABETHAN WORLD PICTURE
THE ELIZABETHAN AGE WAS THE AGE OF THE RENAISSANCE, BUT THE ELIZABETHANS WERE MUCH CLOSER TO A MEDIEVAL WAY OF THINKING
THAN TO OUR MODERN WORLD PICTURE.
MONARCHY: BIRTH OF THE ABSOLUTE MONARCH & DIVINE APPOINTMENT)
THE REFORMATION & THE CHURCH: A REDUCTION OF THE POWER OF THE CHURCH
SERVICES SIMPLER AND IN ENGLISH
MAN HAD A FREE WILL AND COULD THEREFORE BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS OWN ACTIONS
AT THE SAME TIME THERE WAS A BELIEF IN FATE, WHICH SHAPED THE LIFE OF MAN
ASTRONOMY: ORDER IN THE UNIVERSE
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THE ORDER OF THE UNIVERSE WAS FIXED. 9 SPHERES, WITH GOD AT THE TOP
THE EARTH WAS THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE, SURROUNDED BY SPHERES, WITH THE MOON CLOSEST TO THE EARTH. WHAT WAS
BELOW THE MOON IS NOT STABLE
MACROCOSMOS/MICROCOSMOS
MANY OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS ARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE ORDER IS DISTURBED THROUGH MEN'S ACTIONS AND ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN MORE-THAN-MEN PLAY AROUND - ALWAYS DANGEROUS
HIERARCHY ON EARTH
THE SOVEREIGN
( PRINCE, KING OR EMPEROR)
THE NOBLEMEN
THE CLERGY
LANDOWNERS
MERCHANTS
ARTISANS
LABOURERS
SERFS
ANIMALS
PLANTS
ROCKS
THE CHAIN OF BEING
EVERY CREATION HAD ITS PARTICULAR POSITION IN A HIERARCHY CONTAINING EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD
GOD
ANGELS (SPIRIT ALONE)
THE SECOND TRIAD
THE THIRD TRIAD
The Domininons
The Principalities
Highest Triad
Seraphim
The Virtues
The Archangels
Cherubim
The Powers
The Angels
Thrones