8. • There were two big epidemics (plagues).
• The first plague was around 1592-1594
(Shakespeare was about 30 years old).
• The second plague happened when
Shakespeare was old (from 1603 to
1604).
9. • People played sports and watched plays as
entertainment.
• Progress in scientific and medical knowledge.
11. • The Nobility (dukes, barons, earls).
They were rich and powerful, born
into a noble family, or from grant
from the king or queen. They were
rich landowners and employed
hundreds of permanent servants.
• The Gentry (knights, gentlemen, and
gentlewomen) did not do manual
work for a living.
12. • The Yeomanry
(middle class, hard working)
• The Poor (sick, disabled, old)
A yeoman warder
at the Tower of
London, England
13. Every day life Hawking party
The Queen’s procession
Peasants The baker
23. The Elizabethan House
Withdrawing room: a Pantry: a small room or cupboard where
formal room for visitors they kept provisions, cooking utensils, etc.
Buttery: a room for
storing food or wine Winter parlour: a formal room for visitors
during winter
