popular and elite culture, withdrawal of elite

Question 1

how was culture different in different elites

Answer 1

. learned elites had ties to universities
. clerical elites
. all had differing culture and values compared nobility and minor gentry

Question 2

how did different areas perform elite culture

Answer 2

courts performed lavish performances in the 16th and 17th century
. Catherine de’Medici court festivals includes political themes and joining of all nobles

Question 3

how were plays used as a way which elites withdrew from popular culture

Answer 3

. playwrights such as Shakespeare performed at the courts of Elizabeth I and James I
. separate areas of the Globe were used for different areas for royals and commoners

Question 4

what were some factors for the withdrawal of the elite

Answer 4

. Reformation and Counter-Reformation portrayed some elements as popular culture like the misrule as dangerous to religious and social parts of society
. Protestant reformers saw marking of saints days as superstitious
. Enlightenment dispelled elements of pagan popular culture
. refinement of behaviour