Queen Elizabeth Research Paper

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British History and Society Queen Elizabeth Queen elizabeth is most famous for being named “The Virgin Queen”. She never married during her monarch. She often wore a lot of make up often looking very pale covering up scars caused from smallpox. She often stained her lips and cheeks red. During her rule she also wore many dresses in public appearances often white or black to symbolize purity. No one could be better than her when it came to clothing. Her maids wore designated clothes to compliment her. Because of poor dental care she had taken out rotting teeth and covered it up by stuffing her cheeks with rags. She also always would bring a pomander.(pomander: a ball of sweet-smelling substances such as flowers, herbs and spices, placed in a …show more content…

The only things girls learned was to read and arithmetic. School began at 7:00 am in the winter or at 6:00 in the summer. The elementary level of schooling is called a petty school. Primogeniture Definition: The state of being the first born child. Bubonic Plague Also referred to the black death. It was a deadly disease that killed thousands. Often times there were death carts. The disease came from fleas on rats from trading ships. Some people believe the nursery rhyme “ring around the rosies”came from this disease. Some of the symptoms were fever, unable to keep food down, deliriousness, headache, chills and weakness. Clothing Woman wore gowns, hats, corsets, underwear, collars, ruffs and shoes. Men wore doublets, breeches, underwear, collars, ruffs, hats and shoes. In the first year of life babies were swaddled. And when they were 4 or 5 years old a boy had a “breaching” a party to celebrate when a boy is able to wear bretches. During Henry Vii rule he set a law so that each class wore different clothing. Higher classes wore more vibrant colors and wore a lot of makeup they stained their lips red and higher classes were pale and lower classes often had a tan. Elizabethan

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