Elizabethan Court?

• Government:

  > It was an important business hub. The power of actually being at

  Court is shown by the way Essex rushed back from Ireland in 1599

  without permission because he thought he was being undermined in

  the Queen’s eyes while he was away from Court.
• Economic Resources:

  > People could be rewarded for jobs they did, such as Essex and the

  monopoly of sweet wine.
• Social:

  > The Court was important because it was a hotel and it did have to

  provide food and shelter for more than 500 people who were courtiers.
• Social:

  > It was an honour for a noble to have the Court visit but an immense

  expense.