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THE ENGLISH
RENAISSANCE
LIFESTYLE AND
OCCUPATIONS
Of the English Renaissance
Village Life
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Village life changed with the seasons
Family’s were close and skills were often passed from father to
son
Rural England had its
own social hierarchy:
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Monarch, lord,
Gentury, yeoman,
tenants, skilled
laborers,
and landless unskilled
laborers
Family Life
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Close-knit families
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Life determined by whether family was wealthy or not
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Women were dominated by men; men mad all decisions and
supported family
Children raised to respect parents and elders
Hygiene and Diseases
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Very unhygienic
No running water or indoor toilets
Fleas, rats, and lice flourished
Diseases common for both wealthy
and poor
No knowledge available to treat
or prevent disease
Occupations
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Many occupations live on in current surnames
Work available to be done
was abundant
Some common occupations:
 Blacksmiths, carpenters,
candle makers,
fullers, and herbalists
INVENTIONS
Of the English Renaissance
Clocks
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First mechanical clock invented in early 1300’s
Time began to be measured in hours with this clock
1600’s- toothed wheel and the screw was first used
for the clocks
Eyeglasses or Spectacles
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1287- first appeared that people wore or held spectacles
in paintings
Invented in Italy
1352- the well-educated or rich noblemen only wore them
Owning of books- reading glasses became popular to
common people
Made out of wood, lead, copper, bone, and leather
Flush Toilet
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1596- Sir John Harrington invented first flush toilet
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Reinvented by Alexander Cummings 200 yrs. later
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One for himself and for his godmother, Queen Elizabeth
Invented the strap (sliding valve between bowl and trap)
Joseph Bramah invented valve in bowl that worked on a
hinge
Wallpaper
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1496- first paper mill in England
English artists created some with designs/print
Before invented, only wealthy could afford it
Used woven tapestries to keep castle walls warmer (designs
told stories)
 Lower class used painted cloth for home walls
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Printing Press
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Invented in 1436 by Johannes
Gutenberg (goldsmith)
Before invention – monks
handwrote everything
Gutenberg combined ink, movable typer, paper,
and the press to create the printing press
Used it to put ink on many individual letters which
were arranged in words to paragraphs
The bible was first book to be used during mass
AUTHORS
Of the English Renaissance
William Shakespeare
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William Shakespeare was born on April 23,
1564
in Stratford.
Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway on November 28,
1582. He was 18 and she was 26 and pregnant.
Shakespeare wrote 38 plays, 154 sonnets, and 2 epic
narrative poems.
Shakespeare died allegedly on his birthday April 23, 1616.
Christopher Marlowe
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Christopher Marlowe was born in February 25,
1564
Was one of Shakespeare’s rivals
There is some evidence that Marlowe’s death was faked,
and there was a warrant issued for his arrest a week
earlier.
On May 30, 1593 Christopher Marlowe died from a stab
wound in a possible government safe house in Deptford.
Ben Johnson
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Ben Johnson was born around June
11, 1572.
He was educated at Westminster High School by
the great classical scholar, William Camden.
He married Anne Lewis on November 14, 1594.
Was one of William Shakespeare’s rivals.
Johnson had a severe stroke in 1628.
Ben Johnson died on August 6, 1637.
Thomas Kyd
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Thomas Kyd was born in
London in 1558.
Kyd got arrested in
1593 on suspicion of posting libels (false
publications) on foreigners.
Kyd was released on his testimony that the papers
had been left among his effects of Christopher
Marlowe in 1591.
Kyd was roommates with Christopher Marlowe
Thomas Kyd died in 1594.
Sir Francis Bacon
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Sir Francis Bacon was born at
York House on January 22, 1561.
Went to Trinity College in Cambridge at the age of
13.
Bacon wrote 59 great pieces of work.
Bacon died on April 9, 1626 from bronchitis.
ARTISTS
Of the English Renaissance
Leonardo da Vinci
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Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15th
1452
When he was 15 his father apprenticed
him to the renowned workshop of Andrea
del Verrochio in Florence
He stayed there from 1470 to 1475
One of Leonardo’s first big breaks was to paint an angel in
Verrochio’s “Baptism of Christ”
Mona Lisa (1503) and “The Last
Supper” (1495) were two of his
greatest works
Leonardo died in May 2, 1519
Michelangelo
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Michelangelo di Lodovico
Buonarroti Simoni was his full name
Michelangelo was born on March
6th 1475 in Caprese, Tuscany, Italy
He was a sculptor, a painter, and
an architect
Michelangelo was a Christian, and
the church was his greatest patron
He designed the dome of St. Peter’s church in Rome
He died on February 18th, 1564
Donatello
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Donatello was born in Florence,
Italy in 1383
His earliest work was a marble
statue of David
The full power of Donatello’s work first
appeared in two marble statues: St. Mark
and St. George
He was a master of sculpture
in both marble and bronze
He died in the late 1400’s