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    ample nourishment than the inhabitants of the hotter regions are accustomed withal‚ whose digestive force is not altogether so vehement‚ because their internal heat is not so strong as ours‚ which is kept in by the coldness of the air that from time to time (especially in winter) doth environ our bodies. — Wm. Harrison‚ Description of England‚ 1577 Breads These qualities of bread were commonly baked at Ingatestone Hall in the 1550s. Manchet (man’-chett) A very fine white bread made from

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    Era. There was a law about the colors people would wear on their clothes and the type of clothing and everyone was allowed to wear there own clothing. The law was called “Statutes of Apparel”. The idea was to restrain on the people’s clothing. “Elizabethan” was a part of a big social order. Since that era no one has weared that kind of clothing just for plays or parties. Girls now wear so much make up and buy fancy shoes and guys don’t wear socks on there shoes.. People would think they look ridiculous

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    creatures‚ possessed the ability to grow in size and reproduce. However‚ just like the minerals‚ they lacked mental attributes and had no sensory organs. Instead‚ their gift was photosynthesis‚ however such a phenomenon was poorly understood in the Elizabethan era‚ hence the phenomenon was determined to be the ability to ‘eat’ soil‚ air‚ and heat. Plants were considered to have greater tolerances for different temperature ranges‚ and an immunity to certain pain that impacts most animals. Each plant is

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    Queen Elizabethan Era was an eventful era full of Wars‚ Death‚ the Arts‚ Language‚ Education and The Virgin Queen. Elizabeth became Queen of England in 1558‚ Elizabeth was born on September 7‚ 1533‚ in Greenwich England. She took the throne at the age of 25 and held it for 44 years‚ keeping England secure in and out of wars‚ and political. When Elizabeth took the throne‚ there were violent clashes throughout Europe between Protestant and Catholic leaders. Queen Elizabeth saw the importance of the

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    particular‚ written in the 16th Century‚ is a mirror image of the themes and beliefs of Elizabethan times. Some of the themes and beliefs of the Elizabethan era are what some people in the 21st century still believe‚ like Karma‚ that is if you do something awful to someone it will eventually get you back worse than what you did to them‚ but some beliefs are not taken as seriously now as they were in the Elizabethan period‚ for example today you wouldn’t believe a witch if she told you that you were

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    Introduction Consumer society can be said to have begun to develop in the last quarter of 16th century during Elizabethan England where profound changes in consumer patterns occurred specifically to a small section of the population (the nobility or elite). From then on thanks to the Industrial revolution which bought about urbanization and rising prosperity (as worker’s wages increased)‚ emergence of fashion as a defining factor of style and mass production and consumption saw consumer patterns

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    Roles of men and women in Elizabethan era Women In the Elizabethan era‚ women were dominated by men. Women had to obey every rule and order a man gives. Disobedience was a crime against their religion. They are expected to do the house chores‚ marry and have children. There was no school for girls in Elizabethan era‚ therefore women doesn’t have respectable jobs and have no status. Marriage is a way for an Elizabethan woman to increase money and position in the family. Their job is to keep

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    People in the Elizabethan era were killed because they were witches. The citizens who killed the “witches” and accused others of being witches were just scared of the changing world. People of the era thought all the new inventions were made and discovered because witches created them. It got to the point that even owning some common herbs meant death. During the Elizabethan era the ignorance of the people resulted in the killing of the witches. The image of a witch developed over time and it was based

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    How does Shakespeare explore Elizabethan attitudes to women‚ race and transgression in the first three scenes of Othello? Throughout Shakespeare’s Othello‚ the concepts of race‚ gender and transgression are continually explored and employed to reflect the characteristics of Elizabethan values and attitudes expressed in Elizabethan society‚ through rejection and acceptance of gender and racial stereotypes in the first three scenes of Act One - the pinnacle of this being the marriage between Othello

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    During the Elizabethan era there were a lot of different life-levels of power‚ authority‚ and responsibility assigned to different people. Like the lords‚ ladies‚ adolescents/teenagers‚ nurses‚ friars‚ pages‚ servants. But the lords and ladies were very well-known and was specially chosen to be a lord for the king. Also there were many different types of life-styles‚ that would be difficult for us now if we lived back in those days because we have technology and more tools to work with also a more

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