Elizabethan Era (1558–1603), how was the resident’s life like during Golden Age?
What made the era special actually?
Historically, there were numerous facts and vital information about the customs and culture of the epoch for us to explore.
When it came to history of the Golden Age, it couldn’t help referring to the prosperity of the British from material life to the spiritual one.
As long as humans’ minds and stomachs were full, they were able to enjoy life with the fullest potential and devotion.
Queen Elizabeth I was most famous for her supreme intelligence that could draw the perfect picture of England during her reign.
Not mentioning significant contribution of William Shakespeare and wise explorers namely Sir Francis Drake or Sir Walter Raleigh, Elizabeth I was the great ruler in the European History that left the everlasting memory.
Queen Elizabeth I, the great ruler of Golden Age
Entertainment Activities in the Golden Age
In reference to entertainment, the habitants had the tendency to fall in love with sports and theaters.
What kinds of sports did the British play much?
Actually, they were gambling, wrestling, hammer-throwing, archery, hunting, hawking, dog and cock fights, and many more.
Those popular kinds of sports were widely transfer and follow by most parts of the Great Britain.
Meanwhile, various new types of theater were also thrive displaying some of the best plays in English. Such the language pieces turned to be the perfect resources for the modern artists to indulge themselves into. Some frequently visited Theaters included the Curtain Elizabethan Theater, the Globe, the Swan Theater, the Bull Ring and the Hope Elizabethan Theater, etc. As most of the residents love their Queen, the Theaters were named after Elizabeth.
Elizabethan Era, What Did The Poor And The Rich Eat?
Humans’ material life was based on their social status or class.
While the poor mostly ate bread, fish, and cheese, the rich had the abundant choices from meat, fish, and vegetables to fruits and desserts. About meat, it was free to eat bacon, beef, lamb, rabbit, and mutton.
Deliciously, if the elite ate some vegetables like carrots, leeks, onions, etc., it was recommend to absorb along with fish or meat of goose, swan, and pigeon as well.
When it came to the time of desserts, the tasteful cakes, custard, or cream were proved.
Otherwise, if you loved to consume fruits, they might be apples, pears, cherries, strawberries, and plumb.
Interestingly, the aesthetic decoration of banquet tables during Elizabethan era was significant.
The tables should only be decorate by the models of wine glasses, birds, animals, or playing cards. Such the models were made from sugar and marzipan.
Women’s Dresses and Men’s Clothes
It was hard to work out the specific style of clothing during the Golden Age.
Anyway, notice that the women mostly wore dresses made of some garments.
Especially, both women’s dresses and men’s clothes were create to feature the thin waist of the wearers.
As the old English were fashion-conscious, they intentionally made the parts at hip and shoulder pad up.
At that time, the popularly use fabrics included fur, silk, and velvet.
Unfortunately, the poor could merely wear the clothes made out of wool, linen, and sheep skin.
It was worth pointing that Queen Elizabeth did pass the Sumptuary Laws that restrained a person from selecting clothes.
Due to the Law, merely the Queen and her relatives could wear the clothes with the golden embellishments.
Meanwhile, there exist some eccentric features: women ape the designs of men’s clothing or slashing of the clothes was made to disclose the inner garments.
What’s more, men always wore jerkins along with leather shoes and silk hats while both men and women were allowed to wear the alike long robes.