Concetti Chiave
- The society was hierarchically structured with the Queen at the top, followed by the Nobility who lived luxuriously and often held roles like ambassadors and generals.
- Knights were appointed by the sovereign or her deputy and followed the Nobility in the social hierarchy.
- Gentlemen, landowners of good birth, often studied law, ethics, and history, and could serve as magistrates or in the Lower House of Parliament.
- Yeomen, often farmers or merchants, built distinctive half-timbered houses and were positioned below Gentlemen.
- Poor People had unstable living conditions, prompting the 1601 'Poor Laws' to restrict begging and penalize vagabonds.
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La regina e la nobiltà
At the top of the society there was the Queen.
Next to the sovereign, in the social order, came the Nobility. Its members lived in luxury, with large estates and many servants; usually nobles where ambassadors, generals or members of the Upper House of the Parliament; some of them were also patrons of the arts, in fact the supported poets, musicians and other artists.
Cavalieri e gentiluomini
Next to the nobility, in the chain of order, came Knights; a man was made a knight by the sovereign or by her deputy.
Below the Knights there were the Gentlemen, who were men of good birth who owned some land and they weren’t employed in a profession; their education was based on the study of law, ethics and history; some of them were magistrates or member of the Lower House of Parliament.
Yeomen e poveri
Below them there were the Yeomen, farmers or merchants, which built the characteristic half-timbered houses.
After them, there were the Poor People, people without a stable home or a stable work; usually there were a sense of fear towards them and for that the Parliament created the ‘Poor Laws’ in 1601; with them, begging was forbidden and vagabonds were punished.
Vita familiare e ruolo delle donne
In the Family Life, the Father was the head of the family and its ruler.
Women had few rights, but when they decided to getting married, their goods passed into the possession of their husbands.
Most women died in childbirth and child mortality was very high.
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