Social Class, Etiquite and the Victorian Gentleman Flashcards
(20 cards)
How were social classes defined?
Income source
ancestry
family
Difference between social classes
different standards
diff living areas
relgion
courtship
3 defined social classes
Aristocracy
middle class
working class
How were properties and titles passed down throughout the aritsocracy?
eldest sons
How were peoples staus defined in middle class?
occupation
What were professions of middle class?
Merchants. farmers, bankers, clerical workers
How much money did working class earn?
Enough to stay alive
What were professions of working class?
printers, masoners, carpenters, book workers
How did homeschooling work and what age did it stop?
Up until age 10, only boys continue
What content were girls taught?
sewing dancing, drawing
taught this to be good wives to their husbands
How did girls education change
received academic ed
What was expected of the working class
no complaint, accept work, human existence is struggle
What was Etiquite for middle class?
no signs of pleasure, uninteresting food
What was upper class Etiquite?
wear gloves, considered naked without them
women wore small gloves to shrink hands
gloves marker of social status
What were Victorian dinners arranged for?
elegance and style of dinning
How were ballroom dances intended to be?
Fun and social
How was repsect shown?
salute, socially accpetable
How were gentleman expected to treat ladies?
Escort them, attend to their needs
What were professions of gentleman?
army officers, aristocrats, morals gentleness and sympathy
Why did society value gentleman?
