1 / 8

Shakespeare’s Time

Shakespeare’s Time. Queen Elizabeth. Bastard daughter of King Henry VIII And Ann Boleyn (2nd of 6 wives) Henry had Ann beheaded for “treason” on trumped up charges of infidelity Younger half-sister of “Bloody Mary” a catholic queen who killed protestants.

neil
Download Presentation

Shakespeare’s Time

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Shakespeare’s Time

  2. Queen Elizabeth • Bastard daughter of King Henry VIII • And Ann Boleyn (2nd of 6 wives) • Henry had Ann beheaded for “treason” on trumped up charges of infidelity • Younger half-sister of “Bloody Mary” a catholic queen who killed protestants. • “Virgin Queen” because she refused to marry.

  3. Henry XIII Her parents Anne Boleyn

  4. Conditions in London-BAD! • Thames River polluted with raw sewage • Trees used up for fuel • Poverty

  5. Personal hygiene/health • Bathing considered dangerous • Body odor strong • Childhood diseases • Children often died before 5 years • Small Pox • Bubonic Plague

  6. Living Conditions • No running water • Chamber Pots • Open Sewers • Crowded

  7. Clothes • One set used all year long, rarely washed • Underclothing slept in, infrequently changed • Clothes handed down from rich to poor

  8. The End.

More Related