Elizabethan+Era

=THE ELIZABETHAN ERA =

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 * The Elizabethan Era was named after Queen Elizabeth.
 * It was the golden age, the height of the English Rennesants, and included the flowering of English poetry and literature.
 * The Elizabethan Era was peaceful, coming after the English Reformation and before the struggles between the Catholics and Protestants, and the Monarchy and Parliament.
 * The fastest way to travel was by horse, but the cleanest way was by boat.
 * Everything in London was within walking distance, which made things easy.
 * Coaches were very popular and kept passengers from bad weather, but they were also slow and uncomfortable.
 * People in England usually ate 2 meals during the day: dinner at noon and supper around 6 p.m.
 * At feasts, guests of lower status sat on benches; chairs were reserved for the most honored guests.
 * At meals, the middle and lower classes at mostly grains and vegetables, while the upper class people got to eat sweets.
 * Salt and meat were rare, along with chocolate and vanilla.
 * For entertainment they participated in blood sports; like bear baiting, bull baiting, and cock-fights. Team sports such as ancestors of modern soccer and football, and then there was fencing and dueling.
 * The upper class enjoyed sports like hunting and hawking, where they could show off their extrevogent attire.
 * Bear and bull baiting is where they tie up bears or bulls and realease vicious dogs to attack them.
 * The upper class wore clothing made of rich, sumptuous materials and had the most elegant styles.
 * Ladies gowns at the time had ruffled sleeves and a V-shaped waist. They were to show off small waists and square shoulders.
 * The woman's hair was always swept up in either a snood or a popular heart-shaped style, which Queen Elizabeth wore for many of her portraits.
 * Men wore jerkins, a vest-like shirt, and knee length pants that puffed out.
 * Velvet hats, silk hats, and tall feathery hats along with fine leather shoes were wore by nobles.
 * The most famous playwright and poet of the era was William Shakespeare.



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