Early Modern

• Stray cats and
• Early modern England ate meat and white bread. New chocolate , tea and coffee became popular.
• Communities didn't break. Parents looked after children and marriage.
• Parents looked after children & marriage
• Elderly took in orphans and took food to neighbours
• Foreigners and beggars were attacked. Maids and servants were thrown out to die.
• People started to avoid the sick
• Foreigners and beggars attacked
• Maid servants were thrown out
• Everyone was feared and turned to run away
• People started attending Church because of the plague
• People prayed, fasted and had good behaviour
• People tried to flee infected towns, but it became an option of the rich.
• Houses were overcrowded, poor families squashed into cellars and upper floors. People shared beds.
• Poor families squashed into cellars, upper floors. Sharing beds were common
• Diets are similar to medieval. A lot of meat, white bread, dirty water
• New chocolate, tea and coffee became popular
• Only allowed in pesthouses with proof of health, the rich only
• There was a lot of smoke as people heated their house and cooked on open fires
• People got their food from shops, markets. Food wasn't fresh so food poisoning was high
• Cleanliness depended on your wealth
• Clothes were infested with fleas and lice which caused the plague