Isabel: Taking Wing

London, England – 1592

Then and Now: England

Discusses a girl’s life in 1592 England. Topics include:

  • The Elizabethan Age and Queen Elizabeth’s wealth
  • Elaborate clothing women would have worn
  • Merchants and the spices they traded for
    • England was one of the top trading nations
  • London’s streets and their conditions
    • The streets and River Thames were dirty, crowded, and filled with garbage and human excrement
    • Rats ran rampant throughout the city, spreading disease
  • The Plague and plague doctors
    • The plague was spread through the air and by bites of rat fleas
    • Outbreaks occurred every two or three years
  • The popularity of Shakespeare’s plays
  • The death of Queen Elizabeth and England today
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