Karteikarten
Lear- Social/Historical Context
Karten in diesem Stapel (39)
- 1RELIGION AND FEUDAL SOCIETYGod instituted a Church
- 2RELIGION AND FEUDAL SOCIETYGod ordained a monarchy
- 3RELIGION AND FEUDAL SOCIETYMonarchy was ordained for the right government of land and people
- 4RELIGION AND FEUDAL SOCIETYMost people thought there was a divinely ordered scheme of things
- 5EDUCATIONBoys went to 'petty school' age 4-7. They learnt reading and writing basics, prayers, and a few numbers.
- 6EDUCATIONMost girls stayed at home. A few learnt to read a bit.
- 7EDUCATIONSchool education reinforced the Church's techniques
- 8EDUCATIONSons of noblemen and very clever boys went to university.
- 9EDUCATIONRicher boys at 7 went to paid grammar schools and learnt to write Latin.
- 10LANGUAGEAt the start of the 1500s, the English language wasn't popular. People preferred Latin/German/French
- 11LANGUAGEPuns and synonyms became very popular, and Shakespeare liked these very much.
- 12LANGUAGEBy the end of the century, there were many translations of texts into English, including a new English Bible.
- 13LANGUAGEDuring Shakespeare's time, people became proud of English as a language.
- 14LANGUAGEDuring Shakespeare's time, the English language blossomed.
- 15RELIGIONEngland = Christian.
- 16RELIGIONChildren were baptised.
- 17RELIGIONChurch of England =
main church - 18RELIGIONThe English version of the Bible was read in church so that the masses could understand its teachings better
- 19RELIGIONChristianity had never been so well taught
- 20RELIGIONAll English people could hear sermons in their own language.
- 21RELIGIONChurch attendance was mandatory, unless there was a good medical reason. Otherwise, you'd get fined as a penalty!
- 22DRAMATheatres closed in the height of summer to help avoid spreading the plague.
- 23DRAMAPuritans tried to close down the theatres.
- 24DRAMA1576- first theatre in England built in London. Other playhouses followed, e.g. Shakespeare's 'The Globe'.
- 25DRAMATradition of play-acting in England came from the middle ages.
- 26DRAMAGreat art form of Elizabethan/Jacobean age
- 27THEATREHexagonal design
- 28THEATREAll performances in early afternoon
- 29THEATREActors were dressed in lavish hand-me-downs from the rich.
- 30THEATREHigh stage surrounded by standing people called 'groundlings'.
- 31THEATREAt the back: doors for the actors
Above the doors: a balcony - 32THEATRECostumes etc kept backstage
- 33GOVERNMENTMonarch = primary ruler
- 34GOVERNMENTJames I unified England and Scotland in 1603 (the same year that Queen Elizabeth I died)
- 35GOVERNMENTJames I governed with counsellors and ministers.
- 36GOVERNMENTThe average woman had no rights.
- 37GOVERNMENTThe average person had no vote.
- 38GOVERNMENTLaw and order was maintained by land owners and enforced by deputies.
- 39Good luck, I hope you survive the exam.
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