Food In Elizabethan Era Essay

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Food of the times: Food during the Elizabethan Era varied based on status and wealth. The poor had diets of mostly bread, cheese, and drank Ale. They also ate different types of fresh and seawater fish, and also vegetables. The rich and wealthy, on the other hand, ate mostly meat, and drank wine. During the Elizabethan Era, eating meat was a sign of wealth and power. During the middle ages, water pollution was bad, so citizens would only drink Ale and Wine, based on their social status. Food was mostly bought at fairs, and from small markets. People in this period also ate convenience foods, or something along the line of a snack. The poor ate mostly bread and cheese, as their convenience food, while the rich ate pastries and cakes.
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The beliefs for these religions were very strong, and conflict between them arose, which led to executions of adherents to these two religions. The reigning monarchs at the time dictated the favoured religion, and failure to worship this favoured religion, would lead consequences such as imprisonment, torture, and even death. Worshipping the wrong religion also brought risk to personal wealth, freedom, and life. All schools taught the official religion declared the king or queen. Everybody was required to attend church at least once a month. The service was normally called the Prayer service, or the Prayer book …show more content…

It was created by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher. In 1613, Shakespeare's company was to perform six plays at court and one of them was “Cardenio”. There are records of this play being performed, but there is not any information about its authorship, and some suggest it was not made by Shakespeare, and the person that made it only used his name only to gather more interest and attention for the play. It is claimed that a copy of “The History of Cardenio” had survived and still exist. It is said that the play was based off of an episode in Miguel de Cervantes “Don Quixote”, involving a character by the name of