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Upper-Class Women: Elizabethan Era And Daily Life

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Nakira Edwards
Ms.Rodgers
English IV
25 January 2023
Daily Life
During the Elizabethan Era, daily life and custom living were very important and unique. In their daily life during the Elizabethan Era, men's and women’s living conditions were going to determine how their lifestyle was going to be. If you were not considered an upper-classmen, then life for you was challenging. Men and women had distinctive dress codes; however, women had to wear clothes that had to cover their bodies and men's had to wear clothes that pertained to what positions they were in. Education was very different for everyone, it was mostly for men and not very much for women. Food was also very different for everyone between the social classes by what they can afford. …show more content…

The upper-class women were at a high level that could afford things that the poor women couldn’t. Upper-class women were held to their homes or the court. There were people that had to go along with them when they had to go to the market, church, or special civic or religious events. Poor people, women's such as those called middle-class women spent a lot of time working in fields if they were peasants or in households if they were servants. The church defined kin as having a relationship through marriage or consanguinity as being of the same blood or origin, and advantageous in-law relationships were the main reason for many marriages. Their household was another word for the family throughout the Renaissance, the nuclear family or conjugal household, which consists of one married couple and their children, was by far the most typical household structure, and it still is …show more content…

The doublet, a brief, stiff, form-fitting jacket made of wool, leather, or thick fabric, was the most popular upper garment for men. The majority of colors used by the aristocracy were red, blue, yellow, green, grey, and brown. Men’s shoes were typically square-toed and had no discernible heel. Since the Middle Ages, long dresses worn by aristocratic women have hardly changed. An alternative to the kirtle was to wear a series of light skirts (petticoats), usually paired with a woolen bodice that was stiff and highlighted a narrow waist. A gown, which was essentially a skirt and bodice attached together and worn over undergarments, was a third option. Similar to the aristocracy, commoners wore clothing, but it was made with much simpler designs and less expensive

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