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  2. Elizabethan era - Wikipedia

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    The diet in England during the Elizabethan era depended largely on social class. Bread was a staple of the Elizabethan diet, and people of different statuses ate bread of different qualities. The upper classes ate fine white bread called manchet, while the poor ate coarse bread made of barley or rye. Diet of the lower class

  3. English society - Wikipedia

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    Elizabethan era; English Renaissance; ... This or a similar system was the basis of later medieval society. ... The British class system created an intricate ...

  4. Tudor period - Wikipedia

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    The cultural achievements of the Elizabethan era have long attracted scholars, and since the 1960s they have conducted intensive research on the social history of England. [ 78 ] [ 79 ] Main subjects within Tudor social history includes courtship and marriage , the food they consumed and the clothes they wore . [ 80 ]

  5. Elizabethan Religious Settlement - Wikipedia

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    The Elizabethan Religious Settlement is the name given to the religious and political arrangements made for England during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603). The settlement, implemented from 1559 to 1563, marked the end of the English Reformation .

  6. History of capitalism - Wikipedia

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    [62] [63] Economist Radhika Desai, while concurring that 1914 was the peak of the capitalist system, argues that the neoliberal reforms that were intended to restore capitalism to its primacy have instead bequeathed to the world increased inequalities, divided societies, economic crises and misery and a lack of meaningful politics, along with ...

  7. Early modern Europe - Wikipedia

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    This period refers to England 1558–1603. The Elizabethan Era is the period associated with the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603) and was a golden age in English cultural history. It was the height of the English Renaissance, and saw the flowering of English literature and poetry. This was also the time during which Elizabethan theatre ...

  8. Elizabethan government - Wikipedia

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    England under Elizabeth I's reign, the Elizabethan Era, was ruled by the very structured and complicated Elizabethan government. It was divided into the national bodies (the monarch, Privy Council, and Parliament), the regional bodies (the Council of the North and Council of the Marches), the county, community bodies and the court system. [1]

  9. Government in Anglo-Saxon England - Wikipedia

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    The church itself operated according to canon law, a legal system based on Roman civil law. [32] A king had the power to make law and give legal judgment with the advice of his witan. He presided in person as judge of the royal court, which could sentence freemen to death, enslavement, or impose financial penalties. [33]