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The legal age of marital consent in 1593 was 26 for men and 23 for women although the intercourse legal age was much lower

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Religion in the elizibethan era was Protestant Christianity. Her father Henry was that man that change it to Protestant as he wanted to have a male childbut  he couldn’t get it with his current wife. So he tried to send a message to the church without angering the powerful Romen emperor as his current wife. The romen general put the pope got put in prison. So the king Henry changed the church to Protestant but it wasn’t harsh Protestant. The church were allowed to keep some decorations and priests were allowed to stay. Henry had six wives and three children. They were called elisabeth, James and Mary. James when he ruled was harsh Protestant and forced the church to have no decorations after his rule was Mary. Mary was a harsh catholic killing 350 Protestants for heresy and for her whole rule she tried to make the country back to catholic. Elisabeth came and she tried to appease both catholics and Protestant. There was no puritans(harsh Protestants) catholic’s were allowed to miss church services on Sunday but had to pay a fine. The queen changed her name to governess so she could appease the catholic’s in saying she was not the leader of the church.

The main religion in Italy was catholic Christianity as it was the home of the Pope and religion

This caused conflict as Protestants angered the church as the church wanted to make money for more cathedrals and a lot of catholic’s  believe in the church as a guide except for the Protestants whole believed the priests were uneducated.

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Marriages were frequently arranged so that it would bring benefit to both families

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Couples would only meet for the first time on their wedding day

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Theatre Practices ~ Oli Coe🤫👍🥧

Who performed In theatres?

Many of Shakespeare’s plays were actually performed by the Lord Chamberlains men and the Kings men acting companies🙂

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The people who performed in the theatres

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The people who performed in the theatres

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In the time of Shakespeare all the actors were men and most of the men were companions or people who worked for the king or a lord

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Courtly love is like being a knight in shining armour (this is also known as nobility or chivalry)

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William Shakespeare:
Born in 26th April 1564, died in 23rd April 1616
Baptised
Poet, dramatist, actor
Likes to write tradegies
Born and lived most of his life in England

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Men aged 14-22 were used as women in the theatre because they were most woman like

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Dowries are gifts from the bride’s family to the groom’s where they would usually give property, money or gifts, whereas the groom’s family will give usual gift of money

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Dowries were used in marriages to benefit the husband. The bride would bring property and money to give to the groom to show that she now belongs to him

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How was suicide viewed during the Elizabethan Era

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How was suicide viewed during the Elizabethan Era

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Suicide was thought of as a crime. If you you were caught in the act you
would be put on trial. If you ended up killing yourself you would be frowned upon and buried outside of the city or town border.

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William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died in 1616.
He wrote Romeo and Juliet in 1594 to 1596.
An aubade is a poem or song that is appropriate for the morning.
Petrarch was a man that lived in Italy so the story could have been based a bit on him. And is set on where he lived.

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Consummation of a marriage was important because without consummation, then the marriage later could be declared null and the couple would be granted an annulment.

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Patriarchal society consists of a male-dominated power structure throughout organised society and in individual relationships. This meant that females had none or a lot less power than men in their community.

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Shakespeare’s plays were translated in all living languages.

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Religion in the Elizabethan Era - Lorenzo

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Religion in the Elizabethan Era - Lorenzo

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What was the main religion in England at the time?

In the 1500’s, the 2 prevailing religions were Catholicism and Protestantism. However, the majority of people were Protestants, which questioned a Catholic queen, Elizabeth I.

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Courtly love is the idea of the medieval tradition of a young nightfalling  in love with a noble lady and the' getting happily married

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Who was William Shakespeare?

William Shakespeare was an English poet, known as the greasy writer in the English language and was the world’s greatest dramatist. His plays had been translated to every major living language, more than any other play playwright.

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When did he write Romeo and Juliet in his career?

1594-1595, between his two other famous works.

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Where did he get inspiration for the story?

Before he wrote his play, he had two main sources:

Arthur Brooke, The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Iuliet, written first in Italian by Bandell (1562)

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Shakespeare’s works consist of 49 plays and 154 sonnets.

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Who was Petrarch and why might he be significant?

He had some “relation” with Shakespeare, there are some works— sonnets wrote by Petrarch and Shakespeare. It may also be one of the reason Shakespeare’s writing style changed.

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An Elizabethan arranged marriage custom would be for the wealthy to present a miniature picture to the man to give some indication of what his prospective wife might look like.

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Children of landowners would Marry to increase amount the property of the family

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What is an aubade?

An aubade is a morning love song (as opposed to a serenade, which is in the evening), or a song or poem about lovers separating at dawn.

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Plays were sometimes cancelled because of the out break of plague and other disasters.

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Henry the 8th got a picture of his wife to be but she looked very different so he was annoyed when he met her because he thought she was ugly ( they got a divorce after)

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Puratins believed that the theatre was the work of Beelzebub

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Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet from 1594 to 1596.
He was between 30 years old and 32 years old when he wrote the play

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What were theatres like in Elizabethan era 🎭👍

Theatres changed a lot during the Shakespearean times. The authorities did not 👎 like it and didn’t allow acting in the city because they thought it was a bad influence on people and kept them from going to church

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First and unauthorised version of Romeo and Juliet was written about 1594-1596. The authorised and full version was published in 1599.

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How were women treated in comparison to men

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How were women treated in comparison to men

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Women in those times were considered the weaker gender, physically and emotionally. It was believed that they had to be taken care of, if they were married, their husband was expected to take care of them, and if they were single, their father, brother or male relative would have to take care of them. In those times, the social roles of women were very limited, in general, men expected women to be housewives and mothers- not breadwinners.

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Arranged marriages were not uncommon in this era

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He may have got inspiration from tales about love!

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Some theatres were outdoor so they couldn’t run all year but the indoor ones had artificial lights and could run all year

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The Puritans were strict Protestants who believed they had to “purify” England and its Church from Roman Catholic practices and traditions.

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Inspiration source to write the Romeo and Juliet was a poem by Arthur Brooke called The tragical historye of Romeus and Luliet

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Women didn’t get any choice with who they married

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Audabe is the poem about lovers separating at the end.

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Courtly love is usually between a young man or knight, who falls in love with a rich lady, and tries to make himself worthy by doing brave things or singing beautiful love songs.

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Many women in this period were highly educated, but women were not allowed to go to university, like the Queen herself; Mildred Cecil, Lady Burghley (wife of William Cecil); Mary Dudley, Lady Sidney etc.

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Many women in this period were highly educated, but women were not allowed to go to university, like the Queen herself; Mildred Cecil, Lady Burghley (wife of William Cecil); Mary Dudley, Lady Sidney etc.

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Suicide in Elizabethan England was illegal

And the punishment was death. Or a lifesentence  in prison

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The Queen never was married and was single her entire life so who was the man that took care of her? We don’t know. But there was a rumour that she loved her childhood friend Robert Dudley which is completely confusing because she later lopped his head off.

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Shakespeare wrote more than 150 poems and around 37 plays

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The main religion in Italy was (and remains) Catholicism. Italy was especially important, as it was where the Pope was, in Rome (now the Vatican is in the Vatican City, an Independent State). As the Pope is considered by Catholics as God’s “servant” on Earth, Italy was considered the home of the Roman Catholic religion.

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Theatre was played by men and women were only allowed to watch in the bad seats

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The legal age of marital consent in 1593 was 26 for men and 23 for women although the intercourse legal age was much lower

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Religion changed people day to day decisions and religious people go to the church. Catholic’s had to pay the church taxes.

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Petrarch, the Italian writer, inspired  William Shakespeare by the dramatic poems with ideas of humanism. Maybe Petrarch’s works made Shakespeare to choose Italy as a location of Romeo and Juliet.

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How were plays performed before theatres were built?

Plays Were performed on the streets of england to people passing as they walk down because no one had the courage to ask for planning permission to build a theatre or a ‘ playhouse’

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The marriage, the union between Romeo and Juliet would’ve been viewed as scandalous and would be dishonoured as her father had not given consent.

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Shakespeare got inspiration from the tragically historye of Romeus and Iuliet.

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The consummation of Marriage is important because it bonds the two families through intercourse between the bride and groom

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The bubonic plague closed all theatres and so did the civil war to keep everyone safe