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Elizabethan Era

Elizabethan Era. Social Hierarchy. First Estate. The First Estate /Upper Class: Below King and Queen were nobles, dukes , marquesses, barons, and viscounts. What they did…. First Estate. Next to them was the King’s chosen group of knights. The Queen’s Maids of Honor:

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Elizabethan Era

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  1. Elizabethan Era Social Hierarchy

  2. First Estate • The First Estate /Upper Class: • Below King and Queen were nobles, dukes , marquesses, barons, and viscounts. • What they did…

  3. First Estate • Next to them was the King’s chosen group of knights. • The Queen’s Maids of Honor: • Were with her day and night • Were subject to her moods and her passions • Complimented what she wore

  4. Second Estate • Second Estate/ Middle Class: • Included people with hereditary titles such as duke, lord, earl, marquises, viscount, or baron. • What they did… • How they could advance…

  5. Second Estate Citizens • Citizens were… trades people that lived in the city/town. • What they did… • How they could advance… • Yeomen were… like Citizens but lived in the country. • What they did… • Below Citizens but still very prosperous. Yeoman

  6. Third Estate • Third Estate/Lower Class: • Most complex and changeable part of society. • Owned nothingor had little • Laborers: did most of the work when hired on a farm. • Servants: depended on position and who they served.

  7. Outsiders • The outsiders were people who didn’t have homes or food like beggars. • Some groups such as Muslims, Jews, gypsies and slaves were also apart from the three estates. • They were usually poor and had limited rights. • Also criminals and prostitutes traveled about the kingdom either stealing or finding jobs.

  8. Works Cited • Alexandria, Virginia, ed. What Life Was like in the Realm of Elizabeth. Richmond: Time-Life, 1998. Print. • Andrews, John F., and William M. Hull, eds. Shakespeare’s World and Work. Vol. 3. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2001. Print. • Blackwood, Gary L. Life in a Medieval Castle. San Diego: Lucent, 2000. Print. • Lace, William W. Elizabeth I and Her Court. San Diego: Lucent, 2003. Print. • Lafon, Francois. The Beggars. 1865. • McCann, Bill. “Elizabethan England: Social Classes.” Story of London: A History of England’s Capital. Post Nuke, 9 Oct. 2002. Web. 8 Apr. 2010. <http://www.storyoflondon.com/‌modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=300>. • The Renaissance. Vol. 4. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2004. Print.

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