social hierarchy of elizabethan england

Question 1

(C) The Monarch

Answer 1

(1) The monarch was at the top of the pyramid, the most important member of the nobility

Question 2

(C) The Nobility

Answer 2

(2) -Those whom had been given or inherited a title by the monarch (Dukes, Earls)
- Only male, upper class ‘gentlemen’

Question 3

(C) The Gentry

Answer 3

(3) -Often owned large amounts of land, often had knighthoods
- Male, upper class ‘gentleman’

Question 4

(C) Yeomen

Answer 4

(4) -man who owns a small amount of land or an estate

- lower gentry, middle class

Question 5

(C) Tenant Farmers

Answer 5

(5) -farmer who rents land from a yeoman or a gentry(lower-middle class)

Question 6

(C) Landless or labouring poor

Answer 6

• deserving poor deserved help/charity

- bottom of the scale, unskilled labourers and the unemployed

Question 7

(C&T )How was social hierarchy determined?

Answer 7

It was usually determined by how much land you had and whether you owned or rented it.

Question 8

In 1558 society was:

Answer 8

• violent and dangerous
• no police force or permanent army
• keeping order relied on a clear social structure
• equality was not important to Elizabethans

Question 9

(T) Merchants

Answer 9

-(1) wealthy, buying, selling, travelling & trading

Question 10

(T) Professionals

Answer 10

-(2) Lawyers, doctors, clergy, teachers

Question 11

(T) Business Owners

Answer 11

(3) -usually highly skilled craftsmen, employed others

- silversmiths, glovers, carpenters, tailors

Question 12

(T) Craftsmen