elizabethan ERa

1. elizabethan ERa Cesar Ramos English Period 2 May 20, 2012

2. Elizabethan Period • The Elizathabethan period was a time of Renaissance and new ideas. • The establishment of the printing press was first introduced during this time. • New thoughts increased knowledge about science, astrology, and technology • Supernatural and superstitions was at an all time high due to which craft and ghosts.

3. Elizabethan Era • Women wore: gowns, hat securest, underwear, collars, ruffs, and shoes • Men's clothing: doublets, breeders, underwear, collars, ruffs, hats, and shoes

4. Elizabethan Theatre • Theatre was crucial for entertainment during the time. • The most popular theatre was “The Globe” constructed by William Shakespeare and his company. • Actors earned plenty of money from audience. • Plays were revised to assure no propaganda was being spread. • There was no theatres until 1576, meanwhile plays were performed in the courtyards of inns.

5. Elizabethan Monarch • Queen Elizabeth ruled England. • People loved her. She had great leadership skills • She inspired her people with speeches • Queen Elizabeth never married because she wanted to be pure.

6. Daily Life • Time of Renaissance new ideas in science and technology. • Was introduced to theatre play wrights • Changes in leisure, entertainment, increase trade • Changes in wool trade and descries in New World.

7. Illnesses • Bubonic plague or black death killed nearly 1/3 of population • Cause of many diseases was lack of sanitation • More effective in large cities • There were open sewers in streets with garbage. • Trash was thrown in rivers • Diseases spread where fleas, lice, and rats flourished • There was no running water

8. Sports • Sports was gaining popularity during this era • Sports was a way of entertainment • Sports were dangerous and violent • They had blood sports involved with bears, bulls, cocks, and dogs • Team sports were rough and violent too • Team sports were hunting, shuttlecook, bowls, gameball, hurling or Pall Mall • Individual sports: horse shoes, tennis, wrestling, contests,fencing

9. Music • Music was important form of entertainment • Music was everywhere from streets to churches, courts, and plays • Music was played at plays to give the audience emotion • Music was being taught in school • The use of string and keyboard instruments grew popular

10. Other • High drinking rate • Beer was cheep • Didn’t really bathe • Rotting teeth • School was expensive • Few girls allowed • Women had few rights • Educated in domestic education, not academics • Men were superior to girls

11. Jobs during Elizabethan Era • Barber • Baker • Candle maker • Carpenter • Artist • Acrobat • Bottler

12. Meals • Chilli peppers of the capsicum family  including red peppers, cayenne, paprika and chilli were also imported from the New World. • The Spice Trade was extremely important • Sugar was imported to England, having been obtained from sugar cane. • The use of Spices in Elizabethan cooking recipes therefore became a matter of both social fashion and social prestige.

13. Science in Elizabethan Era • The names of some Renaissance scientists stand as landmarks in the history of thought. • Medieval astronomers had generally accepted the Ptolemaic system • An Italian scientist, Galileo, made one of the first telescopes--it was about as powerful as an opera glass--and turned it on the heavenly bodies with wonderful results. • Another man of genius, the German Kepler, worked out the mathematical laws which govern the movements of the planets.