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SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUND (Spread of education (womens had a little or no…
SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUND
England in 1485 was still dominated by: agriculture and cattle rearing
But in same places the common lands were repleced by the individual ones
Land become more valuable
5.According to towns.
Also minor town began to develop out of thriving villages where industry had almost replaced agriculture. The barriers which divided towns disappeared.
WARS OF THE ROSES
In the 16th century the situation worsens. The growing demand for wool and its rise in price led the landowners to consider sheep rearing someting more profitable. The land began to be considered no longer a means of subistence as it was in the Middle Ages but a source of profit to be protected by enclosuers.
NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES: the freeholders were not able to compete with the owners of the larger lands.
Woollen Industry
benefited by the increase in sheep rearing and in teh size of farms. These were bought by wealthy families that were able to invest money.
The capital began to affect also the world of agriculture
Cloth making
The rich merchants were turning into entrepreneurs that were benefiting of the geographical expansion.
The developmentof industry began to decline due to regulations they can't compete with the market of products privileged(quantity over quality)
The new economic situation gave a final blow to medioeval feudalism, in fact loyalty to an overload was now replaced to loyalty to the King. He become so powerful that he could bring the barons under the power of the Crown.
gunpowder and merchant companies.
The accumulation of capital led England merchants from trading companies able to compete with the foreign ones already existing.
In Elizabeth times merchants also began to make fortunes out of the slave trade. Arab traders raided West African villages, captured a certain numbers of natives and took them usually to European countries.
Spread of education
The people in the country side were illiterate, while in town it was possible to attend a public shool .
Boys learned some rudiments of Latin a bit of Greek and if they meant to go to unversity, history....
Discipline was strict and flogging quite frequent.
womens had a little or no freedom at all, Before marriage she was entrusted to the authority of the father and after to the husband.
Womens's education srad among the highr ranks.
Elizabethan Englnd
merchants and the gentry had grown in importance, thanks to their purcase of the monastic estates confiscated by the Crown.
The transition from Middle Ages to Renaissance had not yeet been completed and England still suffered from deep conflicts.
By the end of the century we had another decline due to the succession to the throne.
