Expected to be housewives/mothers
Childbearing was a great honour to women, they took great pride in bearing a child
Men said to be leaders, women inferiors
Regarded as “the weaker sex”, physically and emotionally
Males were expected to look after the females e.g. husbands, fathers, brothers etc.
Women were not allowed to go to school or university
They were very educated as they got private tutors to teach them, just like the Queen
Not allowed to work in the professions: law, medicine, politics etc.
Worked in domestic services such as cooks, maids etc.
Allowed to write books but only on translations and religious works
Not allowed to work on stage, men took the roles for women
Not allowed to vote
Family titles would not be passed onto the daughters, instead the sons
Giving more freedom than what they had in the renaissance period
Information from: http://www.elizabethi.org/us/women/
Social Structure:
Nobility- They lived extravagent lives and were the rich and powerful. They became nobles by birth or grant by the King or Queen.
Gentry- They were just below the nobles and were not of noble birth though they did make fortune in their trades.
Yeomanry- In between rich and poor, they are comfortable but at any time could go into poverty from illness or badluck. Mainly farmers, tradesman or craft workers.
Poor- At the bottom of the social structure were the poor. They had no money as they were either sick, disabled, old, feeble or wounded.
Forms of entertainment:
Feasts - A large, elaborately prepared meal, usually for many persons and often accompanied by court entertainment. Often celebrated religious festivals 
Banquets - A ceremonial dinner honoring a particular guest
Fairs - The Annual Summer Fair was often a bawdy affair
Plays - Starting as plays enacted in town squares followed by the actors using the courtyards of taverns or inns ( referred to as Inn-yards ) followed by the first theatres ( great open air amphitheatres built in the same style as the Roman Coliseum ) and then the introduction of indoor theatres called Playhouses
Mystery Plays - Re-enacting stories from the Bible
Festivals - Celebrating Church festivals
Dancing - Elizabethan dances enjoyed by the Upper Classes, Royalty and Nobility included the Cinque-pace, Galliard, Pavane, Roundel, Tordion and the Volta
Jousts / Tournaments - A series of tilting matches between knights
Games and Sports - Sports and games which included archery, bowling, cards, dice, hammer-throwing, quarter-staff contests, quoits, skittles and wrestling
Animal Sports - Including Bear and Bull baiting. Dog and Cock fighting
Hunting - Sport followed by the nobility often using dogs
Hawking - Sport followed by the nobility with hawks
Information from: http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-entertainment.htm
Banquets - A ceremonial dinner honoring a particular guest
Fairs - The Annual Summer Fair was often a bawdy affair
Plays - Starting as plays enacted in town squares followed by the actors using the courtyards of taverns or inns ( referred to as Inn-yards ) followed by the first theatres ( great open air amphitheatres built in the same style as the Roman Coliseum ) and then the introduction of indoor theatres called Playhouses
Mystery Plays - Re-enacting stories from the Bible
Festivals - Celebrating Church festivals
Dancing - Elizabethan dances enjoyed by the Upper Classes, Royalty and Nobility included the Cinque-pace, Galliard, Pavane, Roundel, Tordion and the Volta
Jousts / Tournaments - A series of tilting matches between knights
Games and Sports - Sports and games which included archery, bowling, cards, dice, hammer-throwing, quarter-staff contests, quoits, skittles and wrestling
Animal Sports - Including Bear and Bull baiting. Dog and Cock fighting
Hunting - Sport followed by the nobility often using dogs
Hawking - Sport followed by the nobility with hawks
Information from: http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-entertainment.htm
Elizabethan Education
Elizabethan education was mainly for boys of the upper and middle classes. Though girls of noble birth would be educated as well.
Petty schools- Very small schools which taught at the houses of the teachers. Attended by boys aged 5-7. They were taught to read and write English, learn catechism and learn behavioural skills.
Grammar schools- From the age of 7-14 children of a lower standing attending the grammar schools. This was the most common form of education in the elizabethan period.
Information from: http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-education.htm
Fashion
Upper class: Instead of the usual clothes which fit the body shape they would make clothes with geometric shaping. Padding, quilting and stiff materials would be used to get the affect of having a small waist and they would put emphasis on the shoulders aswell. Females would wear corsets and some males would wear girdles to achieve the small waist. This era is often reffered to as the peacock age as the men were sometimes dressed more elborately than the women.Information from: http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-upper-class-fashion.htm
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