Leisure In Elizabethan England
- Created by: Crystal Parsons
- Created on: 16-12-19 14:41
View mindmap
- Leisure
- Nobility Sport
- Hunting on Horseback with hounds for men and women
- Hawking for men and women
- Fishing for men and women
- Fencing for men
- Real tennis for men
- Working People Sport
- Football - very violent, long games, unusual goals and different rules to modern football.
- Spectator Sports
- A bear or bull is chained to a tree or in an arena and dogs are set against it. It is called baiting.
- ****-fighting is where cockerels are given metal spurs to wear while they fight. People bet huge sums on the outcomes.
- Pastimes
- Literature was popular. A lot of new poetry and plays were written.
- Theatre was rapidly improving. Religious plays were controversial so Elizabeth stopped them. This led to more secular plays.
- Comedies were also popular. Leicester's Men and The Queen's Men are two examples.
- Elizabethans were passionate about music. Musicians would play in public events and everywhere they could. Music was made to acompany the new plays too.
- Dancing was very popular and although it did not bring upper and lower classes together it brought men and women together.
- Nobility Sport
Similar History resources:
Teacher recommended
Comments
No comments have yet been made