British History 1550-1600
Back in the 1550 and 1600 it was much different from today. Shakespeare was born in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Elizabeth had settled the religious question by establishing the Church of England as the official religion of the country, insisting on church service in English, the English Bible and prayer book in churches. The later part of Shakespeare's life was lived during the reign of King James I, who inherited the throne of England when Elizabeth died.
The rulers of britain were Elizabeth, the queen of England from 1558 to 1603. She became the queen after Mary I and Philip 47 died. James I son of Mary I ruled from 1603 to 1625 after the death of Elizabeth. Charles I ruled after James I died. And Charles …show more content…
Some of the people lived in manor houses and had servants do their work for them. Disease was spreading out and many people died because of it. When someone was sick in the house, no one would come near. Friends, priests, and doctors would hide and turned their backs on the people in need of help. Also people were concerned about being burned at the stake for being any religion other than Catholic or for being perceived as being anything other than Catholic during Mary’s reign. Illness such as plague. And of course money because the coins they used at the time were near to worthless.
The Political Atmosphere, society in Shakespeare's time had a strict social order. Developing religious and political systems. People were separated into 4 classes, the gentlemen, citizens, yeomen and artificers. Between 1550 and 1600, London alone grew from a population of 12,000 to 200,000.
In conclusion, British history was a mess because of how many people got killed by the plague disease. It killed almost half the population. Also people were struggling on living because they couldn't shower. People died so early in age because there was no medical to help them survive long enough. Also people threw trash outside on the
Back in the 1550 and 1600 it was much different from today. Shakespeare was born in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Elizabeth had settled the religious question by establishing the Church of England as the official religion of the country, insisting on church service in English, the English Bible and prayer book in churches. The later part of Shakespeare's life was lived during the reign of King James I, who inherited the throne of England when Elizabeth died.
The rulers of britain were Elizabeth, the queen of England from 1558 to 1603. She became the queen after Mary I and Philip 47 died. James I son of Mary I ruled from 1603 to 1625 after the death of Elizabeth. Charles I ruled after James I died. And Charles …show more content…
Some of the people lived in manor houses and had servants do their work for them. Disease was spreading out and many people died because of it. When someone was sick in the house, no one would come near. Friends, priests, and doctors would hide and turned their backs on the people in need of help. Also people were concerned about being burned at the stake for being any religion other than Catholic or for being perceived as being anything other than Catholic during Mary’s reign. Illness such as plague. And of course money because the coins they used at the time were near to worthless.
The Political Atmosphere, society in Shakespeare's time had a strict social order. Developing religious and political systems. People were separated into 4 classes, the gentlemen, citizens, yeomen and artificers. Between 1550 and 1600, London alone grew from a population of 12,000 to 200,000.
In conclusion, British history was a mess because of how many people got killed by the plague disease. It killed almost half the population. Also people were struggling on living because they couldn't shower. People died so early in age because there was no medical to help them survive long enough. Also people threw trash outside on the