What sense do you get of what life was like in the Elizabethan England

What sense do you get of what life was like in 

Elizabethan England?

I believe that life in England in the time period of the Elizabethan period was a 

very patriarchal society in which men were seen as the greater sex and the heads of the house holds. The women of this era didn't have much freedom as they were the property of their fathers and when they were married they became the property of their husbands. Even though the rich was seen as better than the poor , poor men would have been seen greater than a woman of the up most of wealth because they were men and men were seen as a gift for the woman instead of the other way round. The women of the period were taught to cherish who they have been chosen to marry by their farther or by whoever wants to marry then , even if the woman didn't like the man at all , they were still forced to marry them and they couldn't really divorce the man because if a woman divorced her husband that was seen to be a bad, however, if it happened the other way round and the man wanted to divorce the wife , it would of been a acceptable thing to happen. I think that the rich people of Elizabethan England lived for today because they didn't have to worry about money and how they are going to live for the next week, therefore, the rich lived for today and enjoyed the moments of each and everyday compared to the poor of the land who were always working and worrying about "how am I going to live next week or the week after?" , They were constantly worrying about the future and how their lives shall be in the future.

The wild life in the Elizabethan period was seen to be a very dangerous places to be around because they believe in witches and people in the woods that tend to rob people and committed crimes in the woods because there was normally no one there to help people that are being attacked or robbed, this event usually occurred by the poor people of England as they were very low on money and resources. The rich tend to enter the woods with guards or some type of protection with them , expectantly noble men of the Elizabethan period.

I get an understanding that life for the poor was quite boring because without money there was nothing really that they could do , in addition to this , since the technology of the time was very limited , the poor spent lots of their time outside because their houses were constantly dark because they had no electricity in that time period and candles were very expensive and mostly only used by the rich.

Queen Elizabeth quotes on the rich

"Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find a rock that bends to no wind "

England was very divided during this period as it was mostly the rich vs the poor, there wasn't really a in between, you were either rich or poor in Elizabethan England.  The poor people of England tend to live in complete darkness and coldness throughout the night because candle were very expensive , therefore , it was mostly only used for the upper class rich people of the time period. The darkness of the house resulted into people of the low class tending to always spend most of their day outside instead of inside their house because it was a dark and dull place to be in that time period. The aspect of the poor having a minimum of a supply to heat and light meant that the poor of the Elizabethan period in England only lived to around 40 years old because if they didn't die from lack of warmth, they would end up dying from disease and illness because there was no antibiotics or any other key medicines at this time period. The poor died and the rich lived because the rich could afford to see the doctor or buy medicine something that the poor had to save up to afford such privileges as medicine or light/heat. England was low populated because it had such a high illness rate, moreover, this helped keep the poor , poor and rich , rich because there was not a population in which one side was big than the others. In this time period you had to pay to see the doctor and then if you had to have a operation, you would have to pay again to receive treatment, this is what England was like before the NHS was created and used all over England.

William Shakespeare believed that if the poor is poor and are happy, they are truly rich enough and as rich as the rich people are. Shakespeare made his art for not only the rich but for the  poor as well and the theatre is somewhere that the rich and poor can both come together watch something and no longer be rich and poor but just people of one nation (Britain) and watch a piece of entertainment and enjoy themselves , no matter their class or differences. Shakespeare is a man that was part of the poor people and became part of the rich upper class, however, he didn't forget where he came from as fame and fortune came his way.

The Rich people's clothing 

The rich people of England were very self centered at this time period because they thought that since they had money and power this meant that they were the greater British people and they deserved to be served, hand and foot by the poor lower people of England.They did not pay their works by truly far amounts because they found away to make profit from the workers by using them for entertainment. The rich of England wore a lot of velvet, satin, fur, lace, silk and cotton materials because they could afford such privileges such as theses, compared to the poor of England that had to steal or past down materials because of their low aspect of money.

The poor people's clothing 

The poor couldn't afford to be buying new clothes for when they have out grown their clothes, therefore, clothes were pasted on from generation to generation, for example, you may be wearing clothes that your grandfather may have worn when he was a young boy around your age. Even through they were poor and were seen as lower people by the upper class , the poor had a greater sense of family orientation compared to the rich people because the rich hired nannies to look after their children so that they could "enjoy life" more , however , this resulted to a generation of rich children being resentful towards their parents. The money of England was possessed mostly by the rich, resulting to them having more money than they needed to live , reducing the poor's life span.

The Elizabethan era was a great time of exploration and finding new lands,for example , America, India , Africa  and Great Ancient Egypt. England was slowly building its empire bit by bit from Europe to Asia to even to the African nations, like great Ancient Egypt. This event of finding new lands then later resulted into information being spread all around the world. Life in Elizabethan period was a life of making Britain into a great empire that is known all over the world from its art to music to knowledge to even its theatre , this is where William Shakespeare came into place, through his main plays and poems that were shown all over the world, through the British empire. As Britain found america , this was then known as the new world, however, the British didn't know that the Indians were the controllers over theses lands.

The Elizabethan era was a time of New religion, protestant came around and the priest of England was then known to be the bridge way between God and the people of England/the Earth. The monarchy was also seen to be the bridge way between God and humans, therefore, the queen was known to be the head of the church and that has remained the same from the Elizabethan England to now modern day England. The Monarchy of England was seen as the head of the church as well as the head of the Church Of England.

The land of the country was occupied by different people, therefore, there was a waste of land all throughout England, whilst the poor had no where to live and some slept on the streets. The rich had yards of land that they didn't even use and instead of giving it to the poor of the land, for them to build homes on the wasted land of Elizabethan England , the rich kept thinking of themselves instead of England as a whole and this resulted into up risings of rich vs poor in England and peoples human rights being exploited. 

Family life in this time period had a sense of respect and obedience to the father because he i s the head of the house hold and he should be obtained, for example, the father normal chose who his children will marry or what they will do for a job etc. The job of the father was to make the money "bring in the bacon" and the mothers job was to look after the house, children and husband and respect the husband even when she believes he is wrong.

Social Mobility was happen in the lives of people in the Elizabethan English period but it was happening slowly all over England, Will Shakespeare is one of the English men that turned from being from the middle class people of England to becoming one of the richest upper class individuals of the Elizabethan era, he accomplished this through the art of his theatre and the world known plays that we now know today, play such as , Romeo and Juliet, Much to do about nothing, Anthony and Cleopatra etc. Even through social Mobility was happening it didn't really happen for the lower class people of England. Society in the Elizabethan era was mostly divided by class more than anything else (religion).

The land of England was used for food , nutrients and resources and was seen as a treasure to have possessed it by the English people, it was seen as a treasure to the rich mostly because they had most of the land of Elizabethan England. The money of England was in short supply therefore, the Rich decided to keep it from the poor by not paying them true and far wages from the work that they did for the rich of the land , jobs such as , drivers, dresser, maids, Butler, House keeper, Valet, 1st & 2nd footmen. etc 

Plan/notes to help answer the question

• the families live in darkness because candles were expensive , therefore, poor families didn't have heat or light at all.
• poor people are dead by the age of 40 
• there was no distractions around people, they were really tuned into the aspect of nature because technology was very minimum 
•  The area was very low populated but by the time he died , it was beginning to grown 
• people were outside for most of the day because there was nothing to do in the house, it was dark and boring 
• the woods were a dangerous place to walk around at the time , compared to our time in which we see the woods as a safe place to live and be 
• there was huge areas of waste of land , it would of been just compliantly woods and forest 
• life was very family orientated 
• there was a big dived between rich and poor , no in between unless you were upper class poor 
• poor died and rich lived for longer , people coundn't afford clothes so clothes were past down through generations to generations
• social mobility was happen -  Shakespeare went from middle class to rich upper class through his aspect of theatre
• people were living off the land and if you had no land then you would die and not eat
• church being ruled by royalty , royalty becoming the head of the church (Look for the differnt times of christaons and information on them).

 

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