Elizabethan Village Life changed with the seasons - the busiest being during harvest and hay making periods. People lived and worked in close family units and trades and specific skills were passed from Father to son. A village would contain a variety of skilled men helping to maintain the self-sufficiency of the village - blacksmiths, carpenters, builders, roofers, ploughmen, cowmen , farmers and the peasants and labourers. Rural England had its own social hierarchy
What did the people do for leisure?
They played hurling, which was a combination of hockey and polo. The goal was to hit the ball across the other teams goal with a club or stick. The goals were as far as 3 miles apart. The wealthy enjoyed hunting, even the queen was a known hunter. The wealthy also attended the theater to watch plays.
What did the dress/clothing look like?
The wealthy people wore clothes made of satin silk or velvet. The lower class wore clothing wool, linen, or sheep skin. As the era progressed, gentlemen wore cloaks fastened by a chain and crucifix, fine silk stockings, and beaver hats or bonnets with a plume on one side.Fashion served as a mode for self-expression for all social classes. At the beginning of the era, women's clothing was particularly modest, with garments designed to cover nearly every inch of the wearer's body, from neck to ankle.
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