Family life: husbands and wives, parents and children, wider kinship (OCR GCSE History B (Schools History Project)): Quizzes
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What determined the social status and wealth of Elizabethan families?
What determined the social status and wealth of Elizabethan families?
Land ownership
What remained the principal occupation in Elizabethan England?
What remained the principal occupation in Elizabethan England?
Farming
What was London's role in Elizabethan England?
What was London's role in Elizabethan England?
The financial capital
What type of household was most common in Elizabethan England?
What type of household was most common in Elizabethan England?
Nuclear families
What happened to women who did not marry in Elizabethan times?
What happened to women who did not marry in Elizabethan times?
Met with suspicion, some accused of sorcery
Who was considered the head of the house in Elizabethan families?
Who was considered the head of the house in Elizabethan families?
Husbands
What was the status of wives in Elizabethan England?
What was the status of wives in Elizabethan England?
Property of their husbands
What were wives expected to produce?
What were wives expected to produce?
Children, preferably male heirs
What was high among poor families at this time?
What was high among poor families at this time?
Infant mortality rate
At what age were children of wealthy families sent to school?
At what age were children of wealthy families sent to school?
Age seven
What did children of poor families do from age seven?
What did children of poor families do from age seven?
Helped at home or on the farm
What was the norm for Elizabethan living arrangements?
What was the norm for Elizabethan living arrangements?
Living with the nuclear family
To whom did kinship matter more in Elizabethan times?
To whom did kinship matter more in Elizabethan times?
Gentry, nobility and the middling sort