The Elizabethan Era
1. The Elizabethan Era was a period between 1558 and 1603 which was ruled by Queen Elizabeth. Her reign developed in literacy and expansion overseas. The term ‘Elizabethan’ meant someone who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth the first. People such as William Shakespeare were an Elizabethan.
2. During the Elizabethan, England’s greatest rivalries were Spain. The war took place in between the years 1586 and 1603. Since England was a Protestant country which is a division of Christian religion and Spain being a Roman Catholic country. The Spanish monarch, Phillip II felt that it was his duty to conquer England in order to convert the churches to Roman Catholics. In May 1588, an enormous invasion fleet, also known …show more content…
During the Elizabethan Era, bread was essential. A good baker would work in the castle, serving nobles. Bakers were basically townspeople who provide bread for their community whilst selling them. Some bakers would work harder than others, as they are unable to make profit due to strict pricing. Bakers usually live in their shop, but some live in other houses. A baker would wake up before sunrise, preparing everything they need to bake for the day. They wouldn’t go to back until late at night. Their children would usually help out at the age of 7. Most bakers would have little spare time to enjoy themselves with family, as they would work all day. People in the middle class would drink soup and eat bread, which was a usual food for a middle class. If the baker was working for nobles, they would sometimes steal leftover foods. Bakers wore ordinary clothing during the Elizabethan Era as they will be working in a messy …show more content…
William Shakespeare died on April 23rd, 1564. He was buried in the Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-on-Avon, England. The inscription on his gravestone says “Good friend, for Jesus ' sake forebears. To dig the dust enclosed here; Bless be the man that spares this stones, and curst be he that moves my bones”. He wrote this himself and it meant that he did not want anyone to move his body and bones after he was buried. In the Elizabethan Era, if graveyards were full, people would remove them and burn their corpse to provide more rooms. This made Shakespeare disgusted and that is another reason why he wrote the inscription on his
1. The Elizabethan Era was a period between 1558 and 1603 which was ruled by Queen Elizabeth. Her reign developed in literacy and expansion overseas. The term ‘Elizabethan’ meant someone who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth the first. People such as William Shakespeare were an Elizabethan.
2. During the Elizabethan, England’s greatest rivalries were Spain. The war took place in between the years 1586 and 1603. Since England was a Protestant country which is a division of Christian religion and Spain being a Roman Catholic country. The Spanish monarch, Phillip II felt that it was his duty to conquer England in order to convert the churches to Roman Catholics. In May 1588, an enormous invasion fleet, also known …show more content…
During the Elizabethan Era, bread was essential. A good baker would work in the castle, serving nobles. Bakers were basically townspeople who provide bread for their community whilst selling them. Some bakers would work harder than others, as they are unable to make profit due to strict pricing. Bakers usually live in their shop, but some live in other houses. A baker would wake up before sunrise, preparing everything they need to bake for the day. They wouldn’t go to back until late at night. Their children would usually help out at the age of 7. Most bakers would have little spare time to enjoy themselves with family, as they would work all day. People in the middle class would drink soup and eat bread, which was a usual food for a middle class. If the baker was working for nobles, they would sometimes steal leftover foods. Bakers wore ordinary clothing during the Elizabethan Era as they will be working in a messy …show more content…
William Shakespeare died on April 23rd, 1564. He was buried in the Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-on-Avon, England. The inscription on his gravestone says “Good friend, for Jesus ' sake forebears. To dig the dust enclosed here; Bless be the man that spares this stones, and curst be he that moves my bones”. He wrote this himself and it meant that he did not want anyone to move his body and bones after he was buried. In the Elizabethan Era, if graveyards were full, people would remove them and burn their corpse to provide more rooms. This made Shakespeare disgusted and that is another reason why he wrote the inscription on his