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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 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