Works Cited

Works Cited

http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/life/schoolsubj.html

http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/life/grammarschool.html

http://www.likesnail.org.uk/welcome-es.htm

http://www.pitt.edu/~sits/

Shakespeare’s Schooling

Luke Lezon

Hour 6

Bubonic Plague

The Bubonic Plague or “Black Death” was the scariest and deadliest epidemics in history. This plague was caused by fleas that got it from rats. The fleas passed it to humans and it would get worse and worse from there. It killed 24 million people or 37% of Europe’s population.
In everyday life the prices and wages grew during the plague. There was a greater value placed on labor. Farm land was given out for pasturing. The change in farming led to an increase in the wool and cloth industry. Black Plague cause the down fall of the feudal system. People blamed the church for the plague and how they didn’t do anything for it. So they lost faith in the church and lost its power. This was one of the causes to the English reformation. Making the new Church of England, or the Anglican Church.

Schools in Shakespeare's Time

Some where around thirty five to forty boys would be schooled in the same room together. The boy’s range of age was pretty wide; they came in from about 7 years of age to 14 years of age. The children sat in wooden desks, similar to today but also had benches that sat side by side. Part of schooling during Shakespeare’s time was the religious education. He learned out of the bible, and other books that taught him and the boys of his time. These books were the Geneva Bible and the Book of Common Prayer. Among all of the curriculum that would have been taught the one with the highest priority was Latin grammar. This one takes the cake when it comes to Shakespeare’s career. Obviously grammar and literature played a big role in his writings, poetry, and plays.

Alchin L.K."Elizabethan Era.July 20, 2005

The Hairstyles and Makeup of the Elizabethan England

In the Elizabethan England time the way one did their hair or makeup represented their age or what class they would fall into. Usually men would wear their hair short, and if longer it had to be curled using a hot iron. To keep a men's hair in place they would use wax or gum. As for beards, there were a lot of different styles that would be worn such as pointed or round. Younger women of this time were to wear their hair long, and after marriage it was to be worn swept up. Also a frizzy hairstyle was required at this time. A pure look for women would be light hair, if it was an upper-class women they might go farther, dying their hair to a more yellow color. If you were considered to be upper-class your hairstyle would be more dramatic and elaborate seeking attention. Wigs were also worn frequently at this time. For makeup a white skin tone was what women wore, using white makeup to make it work. Along with the light features women would have red cheeks and red lips.

Houses During The Time Of Shakespeare

The houses during the time of Shakespeare where called Elizabethan houses. These houses were made of timber which ran vertical and were also supported by diagonal timber. The walls of the house were made of mortar and then dabbed with white wash with an overhanging second floor to make more room in the houses. These houses had windows; thatched roofs, high thin chimneys, and pillared porches. But what kind of house you had depended on your rank in society. If you were upper class you enjoyed the luxury of having glass windows made of small pieces of glass and lead which held the glass together. Unlike the lower class who had the windows without glass and wooden shutters to let air in, like it had always been. One interesting fact about these houses is about the roof and how it was thatched, or made out of straw. Since it was made out of straw many animals would live in the straw of the house such as dogs or cats, and when it would rain the straw would get slippery and some times the animals would fall. This is where we got the saying its raining cats and dogs.

Site info: Alchin L.K. Elizabethan era.July 16, 2005.http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/

Elizabethan England Fashions

Styles of this time were strongly enforced by the Elizabethan Sumptuary Laws, which were laws used to govern the styles, materials and colors worn by the different classes. The laws were also used to control the behavior of the classes and to make sure class structure was maintained. If a law was broken that person could be charged fines, lose their property, lose their title or even lose their life. The women wore gowns, hats, corsets, underclothing, collars, ruffs or ruffles and shoes. Clothes worn by men were doublets, breeches, underclothing, collars, ruffs, hats and shoes. Only royalty could wear clothes trimmed with ermine. Cloth of gold and gold tissue was to be worn only by the Queen, the Queen’s mother, children, sisters and aunts of the Queen. Also the Duchesses, Marquises and Countesses. The clothes also designed based off of geometric shapes and in a layered look which at times required the help of dressing service of a dressing servant. They show off a small waist, even for the men. Men would sometimes wear girdles to give them the effect of a small waist. A style that was created during this time was called slashing. This means that the people would cut parts of the top layer of their clothes to show the lining through them. Sometimes the under fabric would be pulled through the cut and puffed out to show a contrast between the colors. This fashion era was also known as the Peacock Age because the men were at times dressed more elaborately than the women, just as a male peacock has brighter feathers than the female peacock. The clothes also provided information about the person wearing them. You could tell the wealth and status of a person based solely on what they were wearing.

Alchin, L.K. "Elizabethan England Fashions." Elizabethan England. Online. Internet. 16
July, 2005. Available: http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/

Life During Shakespears Time

During the time of Shakespeare and his outstanding poetry, England under the reign of queen Elizabeth I brought England to the leading naval and commercial power in the Western world which envied many other countries. This era soon became known as the Elizabeth era and had the first theaters and some of the most famous explorers. Also during this time England became engaged in many wars and this brought many new cultures to Englishmen because continental refugee’s. London was the center of England which was the leading city in the different cultures of the world and also the leading city of drama’s and poetry. This city grew during this time 400% and soon this city created a merchant middle class which made the economy of England sky rocket. Queen Elizabeth had brought England to its golden age.

Site info:Alchin L.K. Elizabethan era. July 16, 2005.www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/