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29 Cards in this Set
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What years did Elizabethh 1 live? How old was she when she died?
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1558-1603. 43 years old
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What was still being discovered about the earth and culture?
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The belief in the earth was flat and people thought nothing was faster than the horse.
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What were meals like?
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Crude
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What were the meal settings like?
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Upperclass only had own setting at mealtime. Lowerclass had large trenchers (bowls) thay all ate out of.
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What were the eating utensils for meals?
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No forks for anyone. Only spoons and knives. Most common for lower class was hands.
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When did servants eat?
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Waited and ate leftovers, or smart cooks made extra and kept it behind for fresh food.
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What was the winter diet like?
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-monotonous and unhealthy.
-meats salt cured (dry) -when meat ran out, they ate pigeons -fruits and vegetables scarce |
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What was the most common sickness in winter?
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scurvy that was lack of vitamin C. made blotchy skin and nervous.
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What two kinds of candles were there?
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oil for wealthy and tallow made for average homes.
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What was different about the tallow candles?
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-made out of beef fat
-did not smell good -runs out quick |
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What did the really poor people use as light?
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Torches with dried grass
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What were problems with sanitation?
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-no sanitation
-no medicine -if had full blown epidemics, thousands could be killed. -doctors did not wash hands, so babies would die or have problems |
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What did the barbors do?
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1)Blood letters (drain blood to get sickness out)
2)Cut hair 3)Dentist (never washed plyers) |
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what did the barbors pole symbolize?
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Red-blood
White-Bandages |
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What was the entertainment for some custumers at barbor shops?
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Musician would come play.
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What was the characteristics of the London Bridge?
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-Only bridge at the time
-not uncommon to see sewage under bridge in the water -so filthy and stinky, wealthy would put orange with cloves in it under their nose when they would walk across the bridge. |
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What was speacial about the area by the castle?
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Cobblestone streets. Everywhere else was dirt.
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What was some more unsanitary things of London?
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-No disposable system(dumped in ditches)
-No deoderant(women didn't shave) -BAD water, even from wells |
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How did news get around?
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No newspapers, so letters via ship, travelers, musicians, acting shows, government dignitaries
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What were the Englishmen like?
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-Superstitious(into supernatural things like ghosts,etc.)
-shoes had pointed toes to protect from evil(wealthy had longer ones) -music was important to them |
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What was the music like?
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-Fine ladies of quality knew how to play piano or harpichord, or piano forte.
-3 Blind Mice made up (about 3 priests in Catholic Church who were blind to needs of people) |
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What was education like?
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-Latin common language
-6 am to 5 pm for school day (30 minute lunch) -only 40 days off a year (325 school days) -most popular books were self-help books |
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What were the four most popular self-help books?
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1)Cooking
2)Gardening 3)Sports 4)Music |
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How were the young ladies and young men taught to be proper?
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Youn ladies by chamber maid, and young gentlemen, man servant.
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What kind of queen was Elizabeth?
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Moral for example, she did not believe in divorce.
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Who was Elizabeht's sister?
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Bloody Mary
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When plagues broke out, what would normally happen?
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School and meetings would shut down for a time
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What was the wealthy people's education like?
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-Taught at home
-Their teachers had to know all about all the subjects. |
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What was different from a man's right to a woman's right as far as dating?
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Men could have as many lovers, even if they were married, but women could not.
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