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Elizabethan England
History *************** Elizabethan England was a great time to live in England. It was most often referred to as the "golden age" in English history. The time of the era was from 1558-1603. Now, why must it start and end at those times? This is because these were the years of Queen Elizabeth I's reign. She was queen in the year 1558, and stayed Queen until her death which was March 24, 1603. People say Elizabethan England was the highest point of the English Renaissance. The Elizabethan Theater was filled with people to see various Shakespeare plays including Romeo and Juliet. The education caught my eye. The young boys were required to go to school on a daily basis, yet the young girls were not even allowed on the school premises. The Elizabethan England era was famous for the dramas, playwrights, and much more. It was defiantly a fun time to live in England.
Galileo Galilei ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564. He was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher. He was a major role in the Scientific Revolution and improved the already great telescope. He had many names that were very honorary. Some people liked to refer to him as ''the father of modern observational astronomy'' and others liked to call him ''the father of modern physics'' and everyone liked to think of him as ''the father of modern science''. Actually, a man by the name of Stephen Hawking said, ''Galileo, perhaps more than any other single person, was responsible for the birth of modern science.'' Some of his amazing finds are the phases of Venus, the four largest satellites, which were later called Galilean moons in his honor, and sunspots. He also invented the thermometer. Galileo was a brilliant man and deserves to be called ''the father of modern science''.
Nicolous Copernicus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nicolaus Copernicus was a mathematician, astronomer, physician, classical scholar, translator, artist, Catholic cleric, jurist, governor, military leader, diplomat, economist. He is famous because of his belif that the earth revolved around the sun.
Sir Isaac Newton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Isaac Newton was a brilliant man born on January 4, 1643. He was an English Physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian. He came up with the three laws of physics. These are • An object in motion stays in motion until an opposing force acts upon it, an object at rest stays at rest until and opposing force acts upon it • An objects force equals its mass times acceleration • For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Newton came up with a way to find how much force an object needs to move if there is a certain mass and acceleration. The unit people now use for that find is a Newton in honor of Sir Isaac Newton..
Queen Elizabeth I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Queen Elizabeth was born on September 7, 1533. She was a very famous queen for the reign during the Elizabethan England era. She was sometimes called the Virgin Queen and various other names. She was the daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Anne was executed three years after Elizabeth was born. Elizabeth was not only the queen of England, but she was also the queen of Ireland. One thing she did after becoming queen was support the English Protestant Church which was later called the Church of England. Elizabeth never married. One of her most famous mottos are ''video et taceo'' ('' see and say nothing'') Queen Elizabeth was a very huge figure of the Elizabethan England Era.
The Black Plague ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Black Plague occured in 1563 spreading throughout England. The disease was spread by fleas, rodents, and animals, but mostly rats. Victims of the plague were locked in their houses unable to go out, or people going in. Infected houses were marked with a red cross that read ''God Have Mercy'' on their door. Watchmen were supposed to keep an eye on the infected house making sure no one left the house or went in. They also put food in baskets that were lowered down from the victim's window. The Death Cart Laborer's job was to pick up dead bodies by throwing them in a cart and taking them to be buried in the Plague Pits. The Plague Pits were dug 20 feet deep to bury the dead bodies. The victims of the plague weren't the only people who suffered from it, even the healthy peopl suffered from it. Because of the closing of stores and businesses, people would steal from the dead bodies. They were punished by being thrown into the pits dead or alive left there to die. Later, a medievil physician decided that it would be better to contain the disease by leaving the dead bodies in the houses to rot for a few weeks, then be dragged on a cart and be thrown into a pit. The symptoms of the plague were painful swellings of the lymph nodes in the armpits, legs, neck, and groin aread. Victims suffered from a very high fever, delirium, vomiting, muscular pains, bleeding in the lungs, and mental disorientation. Also, the illness caused the victim to have a strong desire to sleep, and if yeilded to, was proved to be fatal. Only the wealthy could recieve treatments from the physicians. Physicians used sweet-smelling herbs like rose, lavender, sage, and bay to treat head pains. They also used wormwood, mint, and balm to treat stomach pains. For lung problems they used liquorices, and comfrey. Vinegar was used as a cleansing agent and was believed to kill the disease. How the disease was spread was unknown to the poeple of that era so they didn;t know what to do to prevent it. Anyone who had survived the plague had to receive a ''Certificate of Health'' to resume their normal life, only if they recovered. The Black Plague killed 80,000 people in England and in London alone, 20,000. According to records, 1,000 people died each week in August, 1,600 in September, and 1,800 in October.
The Church of England ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Church of England is the officially established Christian church of England, called the ''Mother Church'' of the worldwide Anglican Communion. It is the oldest Anglican church among the communion's 38 other independent national and regional churches. The church is both a Catholic and a Reformed church. The Church of England was established by King Henry VIII in 1534. Henry VIII started the Church of England because he wanted to divorce his wife for another woman just to get a son, He was married to Catherine of Aragon but asked the Pope to annu their marriage or to say that there was a mistake and that Henry and Catherine were never really married. Henry wanted to annul their marriage because he wanted a male heir to his throne and Catherine couldn't have one. When the Pope vetoed the annulment, King Henry VIII used his position as king to break away from the Roman Catholic Church and make a new church so he could divorce his wife. All because King Henry VIII wanted a divorce, the Church of England was established.
Elizabethan Era Foods ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ People in the Elizabethan ear ate a variety of breads, meats, vegetables, fruits, nuts, and wine. People would eat meat from domestic animals and wild animals. One type of bread they ate is called Manchet. Manchet is a very fine white bread made from wheat flour. Another type is called Cheat, which is wheaten bread with the coarsest part of the bran taken out. Raveled bread is very similar to Cheat but has more of the bran left in. People during this era drank a lot of wine. One type of wine they drank is called Perry. Perry is a very slightly alcoholic pear cider. Verjuice is another type of wine which is a very sharp vinegar made from grapes which was used for cooking or as a condiment. Sack, which is Sherry, was sometimes called ''Jerez Wine''. Aqua Vitae is any strong drink such as brandy. Another is Brandywine which is distilled wine. Some of the domestic animals the people ate were beef, veal, pork, chicken, duck, rabbit, goat, swan, peacock, goose, pigeon, and dove. Some of the wild animals they ate were deer, boar, quail, badger, hedgehog, heron, crane, pheasant, woodcock, and partridge. The fish they ate were eel, pike, trout, sturgeon, ling, plaice, carp, salmon, and porpoise. The fruits and nuts they ate were apples, plums, quinces, currants, lemons, oranges, dates, apricots, melons, sesame, almonds, strawberries, limes, grapes, prunes, gooseberries, figs, olives, mulberries, pomegranates, cherries, raisins, and hazelnuts. The vegetables they ate were garlic, eggplant, lentils, broad beans, parsley, asparagus, onions, leeks, celery, turnips, peas, cabbage, lettuce, parsnips, radishes, spinach, carrots, beets, and artichokes.
wessi added this comment 2010-08-08 04:11:03-05:00
This glog is very helpful thanks xD
wessi added this comment 2010-08-08 04:11:03-05:00
This glog is very helpful thanks xD