The contrasting lives of rich, middling and poor Elizabethans (OCR GCSE History B (Schools History Project)): Flashcards
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What belief said God ordered Elizabethan society?
What belief said God ordered Elizabethan society?
Great Chain of Being
Three groups in Elizabethan society
Three groups in Elizabethan society
Rich, middling sort, and poor
Proportion of population who were labouring poor
Proportion of population who were labouring poor
Half
Key difference between rich, middling, and poor
Key difference between rich, middling, and poor
Land ownership
Description of rich gentry houses
Description of rich gentry houses
Multi-storeyed with lots of glass windows
Description of poor people's houses
Description of poor people's houses
One storey with thatched roof
Staple diet of the poor
Staple diet of the poor
Barley and rye bread
What rich ate vs what poor ate
What rich ate vs what poor ate
Rich: meat; Poor: bread and vegetables
Type of bread upper classes ate
Type of bread upper classes ate
Manchet (fine white bread)
Why everyone drank ale in Elizabethan times
Why everyone drank ale in Elizabethan times
Water was contaminated
Disease rife due to lack of fruit/vegetables
Disease rife due to lack of fruit/vegetables
Scurvy
Purpose of Sumptuary Laws
Purpose of Sumptuary Laws
Prevent lower classes wearing clothes above their rank
Colour reserved for the queen
Colour reserved for the queen
Purple