TUDOR/ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND

INTRODUCTION

WHAT IS TUDOR/ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND?

• Time period between 1485 and 1603 in England and Wales
• Queen Elizabeth I was the ruler at the start of the time period
• England started to emerge as a lead naval and commercial power
• Info found on elizabethan-era.org.uk and bardweb.net

POVERTY LIFE

• Non-luxurious life for non-monarchs and the unwealthy
• Government tried to help the poor
• Divided the poor into three categories
• Info found on historylearningsite.co.uk

POVERTY LIFE: HELPLESS POOR

• Category included the old, sick, disabled, and children
• This group received some money weekly
• If they were lucky, they also received food

POVERTY LIFE: ABLE BODIED POOR

• Category included people who could work, and tried to work
• Had parish work house jobs
• Received some of the poor's benefits until a stable job was maintained

POVERTY LIFE: ROUGES/VAGABONDS

• Category included people who could work, but didn't
• Rather than working, preferred to beg or steal
• Targeted by government because of their crime

RELATIONSHIP TO JULIUS CAESAR

• This is the time period when Shakespeare wrote the play
• Also the time period the play is set in
• Helps understand what kind of time period Julius Caesar is in
• Also helps know what kind of lives the people may have lived

PERSONAL REFLECTION ON TOPIC

• People living in poverty have a tough life
• I found it interesting that people preferred to steal
• Happy that some people chose to work

CONCLUSION

CITATIONS

• "Elizabethan England." Shakespeare Resource Center. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013.
• "Elizabethan Times." Elizabethan Times. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013.
• Trueman, Chris. "The Poor in Elizabethan England." The Poor in Elizabethan England. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013.