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Social Classes in the Elizabethan Era
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By: Alessia Morra and Samantha Brito
Social Classes in the Elizabethan Era
Monarcy
Nobility
Gentry
Merchants
Yoemanry
Laborers
What is a Social Class?
A social class is a group of people who share similar levels of wealth, education, influence and social status. These are the groups in which people are categorized both factually and opinion-based.
Monarcy
- Is the highest class
- You had to be born into the class
- Had the highest quality of life
Nobility
- Second highest class
- Were whole families led by the father
- Were wealthy
- Their quality of life was high
- There was a division between the new and old families
Gentry
- Gentry is the class for knights, gentlemen, gentlewomen and squires of the kingdom
- They were wealthy people
- They were not born in the class
Merchants
- Merchants are in the fourth position from the levels of the social classes
- Merchants gained a lot of wealth by their small businesses
- Merchants were neither poor or rich
Yoeman
- Most yeoman were farmers, tradesmen, and craftworkers
- Yeoman are fifth position from the levels of social classes
- Most of their money went to expanding and improving their land
Laborers
- Last level of social class
- They had a very hard life
- They gained nothing at all
- Life for laborers was stressful, hard and very difficult to live in
Social Classes Today
- Objective method, subjective method, reputational method
- A study done in 2016 in the United States
- The current social classes are lower, working, middle and upper class
Social Class Experiment Video
Citations
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www.hierarchystructure.com/elizabethan-era-social-hierarchy/.
www.elizabethanenglandlife.com/elizabethan-lower-class-versus-upper-class.html.
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