– 12 Education Expanded during Elizabeth’s reign but it was expensive and mostly for boys. The large majority of people were illiterate. – 13 Pastimes Theatre thrived. Elizabethan leisure was similar to modern day but sport was much more violent. 14 – During the reign of Elizabeth, population grew by as much as 3. Food Population Growth prices rose, wages fell and enclosure brought problems. The urban poor grew and poverty was a real problem. 15 Exploration by led to conflict with Spain over the New World. 16 Attitudes – Unemployment was recognised as a genuine issue. 17 Poverty was an issue that Elizabeth wanted to address. Key Words 18 Social mobility Being able to change your position in society. 19 Believed that learning was important in its own right and not for just Humanists practical reasons. 20 Grammar schools Private schools set up for boys considered bright who largely came from well off families in towns. 21 Corporal Punishment which causes physical pain. punishment 22 Apprentice Someone learning a trade or a skill. 23 Petty schools Set up in a teacher’s home. For boys. 24 Dame schools Set up in a teacher’s home. For girls. 25 Pastimes Activities for leisure. 26 Mystery plays Plays base on the Bible and saints’ stories. 27 Globe Shakespeare’s theatre. 28 Charity Alms 29 Poor relief Financial help. 30 Itinerants People who had moved from their home parishes looking for work. 31 Enclosure The process of replacing large, open fields that were farmed by villages with individual fields belonging to one person.
12 Education – Expanded during Elizabeth’s reign but it was expensive and mostly for boys. The large majority of people were illiterate. 13 Pastimes – Theatre thrived. Elizabethan leisure was similar to modern day but sport was much more violent. 14 Population Growth – During the reign of Elizabeth, population grew by as much as 3. Food prices rose, wages fell and enclosure brought problems. The urban poor grew and poverty was a real problem. 15 Exploration by led to conflict with Spain over the New World. 16 Attitudes – Unemployment was recognised as a genuine issue. 17 Poverty was an issue that Elizabeth wanted to address. Key Words 18 Social mobility Being able to change your position in society. 19 Humanists Believed that learning was important in its own right and not for just practical reasons. 20 Grammar schools Private schools set up for boys considered bright who largely came from well off families in towns. 21 Corporal punishment Punishment which causes physical pain. 22 Apprentice Someone learning a trade or a skill. 23 Petty schools Set up in a teacher’s home. For boys. 24 Dame schools Set up in a teacher’s home. For girls. 25 Pastimes Activities for leisure. 26 Mystery plays Plays base on the Bible and saints’ stories. 27 Globe Shakespeare’s theatre. 28 Alms Charity 29 Poor relief Financial help. 30 Itinerants People who had moved from their home parishes looking for work. 31 Enclosure The process of replacing large, open fields that were farmed by villages with individual fields belonging to one person.
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