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section 5 Flashcards

1
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what did industrial britain think about the elizabethan period

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nostalgia, ‘Merry England’
a golden age

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what did industrial people imagine about the golden age

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fine clothes, plenty of food, everyone got on well, cultural achievements- Shakespeare- enjoyed by all

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sport in elizabethan england

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football- played on streets between villages, most popular
bear-baiting- spectators bet on a pack of dogs attacking a tied up bear (widespread)

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4
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all saints days- Parish Ales

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festivals of drinking, eating and dancing that lasted several days

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5
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christmas

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eating, drinking, carol singing
lasted 12 days

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May Day

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danced around the maypole and watched plays

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Harvest home

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celebrated when all the crops had been harvested at the end of August

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The alehouses (pubs)

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Most common passtime for labouring poor and middling sort was drinking beer with friends
Places of gambling and prostitution

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9
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who were responsible for a decline in passtimes

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puritan ministers who wanted people to live a purer christian life

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how did Puritan ministers clamp down on popular passtimes

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preaching sermons attacking festivities like parish ales

persuaded JPs to ban maypoles and introduce licences for selling ale

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why did puritans want less pastimes- protecting the sabbath

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Believed Sunday should be reserved for prayer, not drinking and dancing

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why did puritans want less pastimes- stopping pagan practices

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traditions such as May Day were pagan not christian
believed this distracted from christian religion

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why did puritans want less pastimes- preventing violent disorder

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crowds at festivities often became drunk and violent
not christian behaviour

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why did puritans want less pastimes- preventing sex outside marriage

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dancing and drinking at festivals such as May Day could lead to the sin if sex outside of marriage

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what did elizabethans believe about witches

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  • could preform magic to cure illness, control the actions of others or recover stolen goods
  • witches power came from devil
  • have familiars: animals- cats and toads , which assisted their evil acts
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16
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1563 law against witchcraft

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  • death by hanging for using witchcraft to kill
  • prison for damage to property
17
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how many cases were there of witchcraft in 1580s

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166

18
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what happened to the number of cases of witchcraft during elizabeths reign

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increased in the later years

19
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how many cases of witchcraft were there in Essex in elizabeths reign

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172

20
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reasons for the persecution of witches- tension between villagers

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  • power for the powerless- explains confessions of witch craft
  • lots of unexplained terrible things happen
21
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reasons for the persecution of witches- attacks on women

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  • 90% accused of witchcraft were women
  • patriarchal society- deal with women with no husbands to control them
22
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reasons for the persecution of witches- puritans

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  • ministers encouraged persecution to get rid of magical beliefs
  • Essex (lots of accusations) was a highly puritan area
23
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how many theatres when Elizabeth became queen in 1558

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none

24
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where did actors preform when they toured the country

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alehouses and parish ales

25
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why did actors form theatre companies

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arresting actors as vagrants

26
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where did theatre companies built theatres

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london

27
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the lord chamberlains men

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  • popular theatre company
  • William Shakespeare (playwright)
  • Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth
  • Theatre: the globe
28
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why did puritan ministers oppose theatres

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plays encouraged unholy behaviour and distracted ordinary people from prayer and bible reading

29
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why did the London city authorities oppose theatre

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they feared crowds of spectators would spread the plague or commit crime

30
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support for theatre - the queen

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enjoyed it and invited Shakespeare to perform at Royal court

31
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support for the theatre- ordinary people

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loved the theatre because it provided cheap entertainment

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