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ELIZABETHAN
Cesar Ramos
English Period 2
May 20, 2012
ERA
ELIZABETHAN PERIOD
The Elizathabethan period was a time of
Renaissance and new ideas.
 The establishment of the printing press was first
introduced during this time.
 New thoughts increased knowledge about
science, astrology, and technology
 Supernatural and superstitions was at an all
time high due to which craft and ghosts.
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ELIZABETHAN ERA
Women wore: gowns, hat securest, underwear,
collars, ruffs, and shoes
 Men's clothing: doublets, breeders, underwear,
collars, ruffs, hats, and shoes
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ELIZABETHAN THEATRE
Theatre was crucial for entertainment during the
time.
 The most popular theatre was “The Globe”
constructed by William Shakespeare and his
company.
 Actors earned plenty of money from audience.
 Plays were revised to assure no propaganda was
being spread.
 There was no theatres until 1576, meanwhile
plays were performed in the courtyards of inns.
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ELIZABETHAN MONARCH
Queen Elizabeth ruled England.
 People loved her. She had great leadership skills
 She inspired her people with speeches
 Queen Elizabeth never married because she
wanted to be pure.
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DAILY LIFE
Time of Renaissance new ideas in science and
technology.
 Was introduced to theatre play wrights
 Changes in leisure, entertainment, increase trade
 Changes in wool trade and descries in New
World.
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ILLNESSES
Bubonic plague or black death killed nearly 1/3 of
population
 Cause of many diseases was lack of sanitation
 More effective in large cities
 There were open sewers in streets with garbage.
 Trash was thrown in rivers
 Diseases spread where fleas, lice, and rats
flourished
 There was no running water
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SPORTS
Sports was gaining popularity during this era
 Sports was a way of entertainment
 Sports were dangerous and violent
 They had blood sports involved with bears, bulls,
cocks, and dogs
 Team sports were rough and violent too
 Team sports were hunting, shuttlecook, bowls,
gameball, hurling or Pall Mall
 Individual sports: horse shoes, tennis, wrestling,
contests,fencing
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MUSIC
Music was important form of entertainment
 Music was everywhere from streets to churches,
courts, and plays
 Music was played at plays to give the audience
emotion
 Music was being taught in school
 The use of string and keyboard instruments grew
popular
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OTHER
High drinking rate
 Beer was cheep
 Didn’t really bathe
 Rotting teeth
 School was expensive
 Few girls allowed
 Women had few rights
 Educated in domestic education, not academics
 Men were superior to girls
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JOBS DURING ELIZABETHAN ERA
Barber
 Baker
 Candle maker
 Carpenter
 Artist
 Acrobat
 Bottler
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MEALS
Chilli peppers of the capsicum family including
red peppers, cayenne, paprika and chilli were
also imported from the New World.
 The Spice Trade was extremely important
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Sugar was imported to England, having been
obtained from sugar cane.
The use of Spices in Elizabethan cooking recipes
therefore became a matter of both social fashion
and social prestige.
SCIENCE IN ELIZABETHAN ERA
The names of some Renaissance scientists stand
as landmarks in the history of thought.
 Medieval astronomers had generally accepted the
Ptolemaic system
 An Italian scientist, Galileo, made one of the first
telescopes--it was about as powerful as an opera
glass--and turned it on the heavenly bodies with
wonderful results.
 Another man of genius, the German Kepler,
worked out the mathematical laws which govern
the movements of the planets.
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