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  • Laws that dictated the clothing people of a social class could/couldn't wear.

(ex. Only royalty could wear purple clothes, or clothes of ermine.)

  • Elizabeth claimed she made the laws so people won't spend their money buying extravagant clothing
  • The main purpose of the laws was to preserve the social structure.

Daily Life in the Elizabethan Era

High Culture

THEATER

  • Theater came to its peak in the Elizabethan era.

Dancing varied according to status

Dances in the higher class consisted of walking steps, hopping, jumping and sliding

MUSIC/DANCE

Galliard- a quick tempo dance

Dances in the lower class were simple and less intricate

Dancing was for amusement + exercise

  • The birth of playwright genuises

William Shakepeare

Christopher Marlowe

1564-1616

1564-1593

Well-known plays:

"The Jew of Malta"

"The Massacre at Paris"

Well- known plays

"Romeo and Juliet"

"Hamlet"

"Julius Caesar"

Please note that the views and impressions here are those of individuals

  • Music was added to reflect the mood of the play
  • New instruments were made

violins, oboes, keyboard instruments

  • Construction of proper theaters made it easier for people to watch plays

and they produced refined sounds

  • Combinations of newly created instruments became what we call an orchestra

ARTS

  • Street Music, Town Music, Church Music, Court Music
  • Music was taught at school

Paintings made in the Elizabethan era were mainly portraits and miniatures.

Numerous portraits of Queen Elizabeth led to the rise in popularity

Sports

  • Sports in the Elizabethan Era were rough, like wrestling. Archery, bowling, and hammer-throwing were popular as well. Team sports gained in popularity. Bloody sports like bear fighting, bull fighting, and dog fighting was popular as well.
  • Team sports like hunting, lawn bowling, gameball, hurling or shinty, rounders, gained popularity during the Elizabethan Era.
  • Sports played like archery, billiards, fencing, hammer-throwing, tennis, and wrestling was popular in the Elizabethan Era
  • The upper class enjoyed hunting and hawking.
  • The lower class enjoyed quarter-staff contests.

Gender

  • Women could not attend Grammar Schools or universities. They could not be inheritors, nor were they allowed to vote, choose their jobs, or become politicians
  • "Women in her greatest perfection was made to serve and obey man." By John Knox
  • Women of the upper classes were tutored at home, and were taught subjects like music and foreign languages.
  • Women of the lower classes were taught from a young age on how to manage a household.
  • Women of the lower class did not have any options of employment but to marry.
  • In a mariage, women were expected to bring a dowry to the husband's family. Women were expected to give birth and govern the household.
  • Make-up was important for women, and many wore corsets.

Social Status in Everyday Life

Elizabethan Education

Elizabethan Clothing

The Elizabethan Sumptuary Laws

  • For every child, education started in their homes.
  • Boys (and a few girls) of the age of 5~7 attended Petty Schools.
  • Most girls were taught housework from a young age.
  • Boys of the age of 7~14 from the middle classes went to Grammar Schools. (Children of the nobility were home-schooled by England's best scholars.)
  • Those who were able to afford it went to universities.

Monarch

Nobility

Gentry

Merchants

Yeomanry

Laborers

Elizabethan Food

Poorer Classes

Wealthy Classes

  • Lots of meat (ex.

beef, pork, etc.)

  • White wheat bread

=manchet

  • Meat/vegetables were a rarity
  • Bread made of rye or barley, eggs, and dairy

Water was impure

Wine, ale, beer were the main beverages

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