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Henry VIIIHenry VIII was king of England.

Married 6 times.

Killed two of his wives.

Created his own church Church of England

Six Wives of Henry VIII

Catherine of Aragon (#) # Divorced Mary’s mother

Anne Boleyn (*) * Executed Elizabeth’s mother

Jane Seymour (+) + Died in childbirth Edward VI’s mother

Anne of Cleeves (#)

Catherine Howard (*)

Catherine Parr

After Henry VIIIHenry dies, Edward VI becomes king

Edward VI sickly and dies, which makes Mary the first queen of England (not received well)

Mary brings back Catholicism

Elizabeth (her half-sister) imprisoned

Mary dies (gets her own nursery rhyme)

Elizabeth becomes queen

It is during this time Shakespeare is born

LondonLondon is the center of the world during

Elizabeth

East Side

(Think St. Paul)

Rich

Churches

Older population

West Side

(Think Minneapolis)

Predominantly poor

Had all the “fun stuff” Theatres Brothels Gambling parlors

Young

And now, some trivia

So who owned the gambling parlors and brothels?

The ChurchThe church owned the brothels and the

gambling parlors and made people pay for sinning.

Outside of a “place of sin” was a black box with a cross. If money was placed in the box, it meant your sin was absolved

Using modern monetary terms: if you won $100, you gave $10 to the box to absolve your sin. This is how the churches made so much money.

The Three Classes

The Poor (50%)

The Middle (35%)

The Rich (15%)

The PoorLived a very difficult life.

Average age was 30.

Married at 11-12, first child at 12-13

Death came from starvation, sickness, childbirth, and fighting

Could be servants

Ate what could be found (often the reason why the Plague came back)

The Middle Class

Worked in a trade (blacksmith, glovemaker, etc.)

Lived in better housing than the poor

Could easily become poor, but had a harder time becoming rich

Average age was about 40

The RichNobles and clergy

Lived in better housing away from the sickness and the filth of the poor

Wore a great deal of clothing

Had chamber pots which were emptied into the streets (contributing cause of the Plague’s return)

Given best seats at theatres, churches, and sporting events

Average age was about 55

The Bard

Born on 4/23/1564. Died on 4/23/1616 (He was 52)

Father was a glovemaker (making Shakespeare middle class)

William decided to become an actor

At 18, he married Anne Hathaway (She’s 26).

They had 3 kids Susannah (has Elizabeth, who dies) Hamnet (dies at 11) Judith (has Shakespeare, Thomas, and Richard…

all die young)

Shakespeare’s Work

38 plays

154 Sonnets

Many, many poems

Not a single one of his works is considered a failure.

The Shakespeare Conspiracy

The Oxford Group believes that Shakespeare was actually a group of people including: Sir Francis Bacon Christopher Marlowe Edward De Vere Elizabeth I

The Globe Theater

After becoming Queen Elizabeth’s personal playwright, Shakespeare is given the money to build his own theatre.

The Globe is his design. It’s a circle…like a globe. Open at top for light Three levels (by socio-economic

level)

The theatre burns down in 1613,

but is rebuilt

The Globe: The Poor

The Poor sat on the ground, hence their name: Groundlings

To get in, the poor paid 10% of whatever they normally made. If they did not have enough money, they could work during the show. (Cleaning)

One ticket allowed all day entrance (this meant several shows)

Could be sitting with between 400 to 1,000 people on any given day.

The Poor could buy several items…

The Globe: Poor continued

So what could the Poor purchase?

1. GarlicFor your mouth (breath)

2. Oranges If you hate the actors

3. The people selling the items If you get bored

The Globe: The Middle Class

The Middle Class got seats above the people. Often reserved

They could purchase the same items as the poor

You could dump the chamberpots on the poor if you wished

The Middle Class had to pay more to get in.

The Globe: The Rich

Had the highest seats in the theatre. You could see everything

The actors played to you (this is why actors are supposed to act “up”

Had privacy (curtains) for their bathrooms and servants to clean for them

Could buy the same thing as the Poor and Middle Class, but could also buy mint leaves to chew like gum

Elizabeth’s box was dead center

The Globe: The Rich Continued

The Rich decided if they liked the play based on the hierarchy: if the Queen liked it, so did you…even if you didn’t

You paid the most to get in, but you didn’t have to deal with the issues the Poor and Middle Class (the smell, etc)

There was a fainting station for ladies who were overcome

Julius Caesar

It’s a fictional account of a real story: Caesar helps Rome to become the greatest city,

but power corrupts him. On March 15, 44 B.C., Caesar is stabbed to death

by the senate. Shakespeare is said to have written the play

because it was a warning to the leadership of England but also a message to all people: Power can corrupt.