Lesson 19: features of Elizabethan sports and pastimes
Cards (24)
- What determined leisure activities during Elizabeth I's reign?
- How did the opportunities for sports differ between classes?
- Who primarily participated in organized sports?
- What was a popular activity for wealthy men besides sports?
- What was a common practice among wealthy individuals regarding sports?
- What sport involved hunting with dogs or birds of prey?
- Which sport was played indoors by men only?
- What characterized the lower class's version of football?
- What was the nature of wrestling in Elizabethan society?
- What was a common feature of all Elizabethan sports?
- What was the most common form of baiting in Elizabethan society?
- Why were bears not killed during baiting?
- What type of literature became popular during the Elizabethan period?
- How did the printing press affect literature during this time?
- What type of plays became popular in London during this period?
- What was Elizabeth's goal regarding religion in plays?
- What was the name of Elizabeth's theatre company?
- What was the first theatre built in London?
- How were theatre seats arranged for different classes?
- Where did the poor enjoy music?
- What was the literacy rate among the poor?
- How did the poor primarily receive stories?
- What limited the leisure activities of the poor?
- Were women allowed to perform in theatres?