Ke’juan Frazier /Karina Aguirre. The Noble The Middle Class The Peasants THE SOCIAL CLASSES.

Ke’juan Frazier /Karina Aguirre

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The NobleThe Middle Class

The Peasants

THE SOCIAL CLASSES

Gentlemen- is the traditional term for

someone who does not engage in manual labor to

earn a living. Made up only 2% of the

population Along with the church and

the crown took up most of the property in England.

Could become a noble by birthright or being granted

by the king or queen. Became the most

important class during this era

NOBLES

Could live comfortably with the fortune that they

had, but once illness or something of great

expense came, they lost everything or close to it. Took religion very

seriously They could read and

write Worked to expand their

land and improve it.

MIDDLE CLASS

Sometimes found themselves with no food,

money or shelter. Could be sentenced for life

if found that they were able to do a honest day’s of work

and chose not to. They would practically

anything just to survive. A large part of this class

consisted of beggars Religion was still strong in

this class

PEASANTS

NOBLE PEASANTS knights cottar

physician gond(g) farmer

Tudor

MIDDLE

baker

candle maker

blacksmith

COMMON JOBS

Petty Schools were also known as “Dame Schools”

-The word petty derived from the French word “petit” meaning small or little

(Ages)

-The level of education was for boy between ages five to seven

(What was learned)

-The lessons were conducted in school they took place in the home of the teacher

-The boys were taught how to read and write English. Also catechism which was a summary of the principles of Christian religion in the form of questions and answers

(Ages)

-Noble children were taught at home, but children of the lower standings ages seven to fourteen attended Grammar Schools

(The “Horn Book”)

- The Horn Book was the most often used tool in Grammar Schools. The students were taught reading and writing skills from the detailed Horn Book.

- A Horn Book was piece of parchment on a small wooden board with a handle, and covered with a thin plate of see through horn. That’s how it gets its name

( Typical week)

- A typical week at Grammar schools consisted of examinations, basic curriculum, and punishments.

Petty Schools Grammar Schools

Education

- At age fourteen boys were able to leave Grammar Schools and attended Universities

- Oxford University or Cambridge University were the most preferred choices.

_ There were also other Universities for them to attend

* The University Faculty of the Arts - The Arts would have included Philosophy,

Rhetoric, Poetics, Natural History education etc.

*The University Faculty of Liberal Arts would have included Grammar, Logic,

Music, Astronomy, Arithmetic and Geometry education

*The University Faculty of Theology - religious education

*The University Faculty of Medicine including the study of Hippocrates, Galen,

Arabic and Jewish medical texts

*University Faculty of Law

-Religious education for all children started with there parents - Religion was part of

Elizabethan education curriculum due to the dictation of the ruling monarch.

- King Henry VIII started life as a devout Catholic, but his son changed the Catholic religion to Protestant, so Elizabethan education was related to being a good Christian

Universities Religion School

Education

• The English pound was used to represent money during The Elizabethan Era

• The penny was the basic monetary unit during this time that was expressed as the letter “d” on coins

• Shillings were also another unit of currency that was expressed as the letter “S” every 12 pennies equaled one shilling

• 240 pennies or 20 shilling equaled a pound, which is expressed as the letter “L”

• The value of coins was determined the amount of a precious metal, like gold and silver that was in it

• The penny was first seen in 790 AD it had a cross on paying homage to Christianity by The Anglo-Saxon tribes• The penny was first minted in silver and changed to

copper in 1797 then to bronze in 1860 and finally to copper plated steel in 1992

HISTORY OF COINAGE AND ENGLISH PENNY

• Wages depended on their jobs or occupation.• 1 pound was equivalent to about $400.00 now.

A Nobleman: £15,000 - £25,000 per annum

Middle class: £100 - £25,000 per annum

Peasant: 3d - 4d per day

WAGES

UNITS OF CURRENCY AND VALUE OF MONEY