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Elizabethan England: School Life
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Elizabethan England often conjures images of the Royal Court with splendid costumes, banquets and extravagant entertainment. But for many people life was very different. During the 16th Century the population rose dramatically and this, added to other economic pressures, meant that an increasing number of people were unable to support themselves. As the standard of living dropped, the problem of vagrancy worsened and this was to have repercussions for the country as a whole.
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Life for the poor in Elizabethan England was very harsh. The poor did not share the wealth and luxurious lifestyle associated with famous Tudors such as Sir Francis Drake. The main thing to remember about Tudor England is that the population doubles between the reigns of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. From about 2 million in 1520; to 4 million in 1600. Of the population 10% lives in towns, and half of this number is always in London.
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For the upper classes life in Elizabethan England was graceful and sophisticated and heralded a New Age and new visions but for ordinary people it could be harsh. Criminal laws were hard and whippings, pillorying and hangings were common for offences which nowadays would be considered minor. Most people remained illiterate and life expectancy for the poor was short.
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Life in Elizabethan England was chronicled by a man called William Harrison - this included details of Elizabethan crime and punishment. The most dreadful punishment of being Hung, Drawn and Quartered was described by William Harrison as follows:
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You are about to journey back in time to Elizabethan England (1558-1603). You will become a member of that society--perhaps you will be royalty or maybe just a peasant. You may be an unknown citizen or Queen Elizabeth herself. In order to "live" in another time period, you and your partner must learn about the daily life in those times. You will be especially interested in an accomplished young playwright named William Shakespeare and his newly opened Globe Theater.
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Educating Shakespeare - School Life in Elizabethan England "This is the home page of Educating Shakespeare, an internet resource designed to further distribution of information on school education in the second half of the sixteenth-century. Its central focus is the King's New School in Stratford-upon-Avon. The web site is maintained by the Guild School Association which, for the last twenty years, has promoted interest in the history of this school. Its primary function is to provide a starting point on the web for students needing to know more about Shakespeare's education or Elizabethan schools in general, but it ... acts as a guide to other Shakespeare-related information on the web and to printed sources. A list of further reading, based on sources used, is provided, and the site takes advantage of hyperlinks to provide annotations to the text and allows the user to access the text in a non-linear fashion." Daniel Came, The Humbul Humanities Hub.
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