14. What was the Elizabethan Period? The age of the Renaissance, of new ideas and new thinking
15. When was this period? 1558 - Renaissance
16. What was the most significant invention of this time and why? The printing press because it increased knowledge and learning and created interest in the different sciences and inventions
17. What did this lead to a renewed interest in? It led to a renewed interest in the supernatural including witches, witchcraft and ghosts which led to belief in superstitions and the supernatural
18. During this period, what were unexplained events blamed on? As the work of witches
19. Why were people of this period superstitious? Fear of the supernatural and forces of nature or God
20. What were the four humours and what were they associated with?
21. How was Elizabethan class structure maintained? The monarch was the highest, the nobility as second rank, the gentry as third, merchants as fourth, yeomanry as fifth and laborers as sixth. The queen was believed to be God’s representation here on Earth
22. What was the Chain of Being and what did it uphold? A concept that everything in the world has its own place. It dictated everyone’s social station and standing
23. What is the Rotae Fortuna? It´s a concept in medieval and ancient philosophies referring to the capricious nature of Fate
20. What were the four humours and what were they associated with?
15. When was this period? 1558 - Renaissance
16. What was the most significant invention of this time and why? The printing press because it increased knowledge and learning and created interest in the different sciences and inventions
17. What did this lead to a renewed interest in? It led to a renewed interest in the supernatural including witches, witchcraft and ghosts which led to belief in superstitions and the supernatural
18. During this period, what were unexplained events blamed on? As the work of witches
19. Why were people of this period superstitious? Fear of the supernatural and forces of nature or God
20. What were the four humours and what were they associated with?
21. How was Elizabethan class structure maintained? The monarch was the highest, the nobility as second rank, the gentry as third, merchants as fourth, yeomanry as fifth and laborers as sixth. The queen was believed to be God’s representation here on Earth
22. What was the Chain of Being and what did it uphold? A concept that everything in the world has its own place. It dictated everyone’s social station and standing
23. What is the Rotae Fortuna? It´s a concept in medieval and ancient philosophies referring to the capricious nature of Fate
20. What were the four humours and what were they associated with?
Melancholic: -Humor: Black Bile -Element: Earth -Season: Winter -Age: Old Age -Qualities: Cold and Dry -Organ: Spleen -Planet: Saturn | Phlegmatic: -Humor: Phlegm -Element: Water -Season: Autumn -Age: Maturity -Qualities: Cold and Moist -Organ: Brain -Planet: Moon | Choleric: -Humor: Yellow Bile -Element: Fire -Season: Summer -Age: Childhood -Qualities: Hot and Dry -Organ: Gall Bladder -Planet: Mars | Sanguine: -Humor: Blood -Element: Air -Season: Spring -Age: Adolescence -Qualities: Hot and Moist -Organ: Heart -Planet: Jupiter |
The Elizabethan Era was the Renaissance, a rebirth for science, art; many different ideas and thoughts emerged.