About the Elizabethens.

                                             About the Elizabethans.
The Elizabethan period was between 1558 and 1603. It was the time Queen Elizabeth the fist was ruling England and was known as the golden Ages in England. Historians sill argue today that England at the time was more economically healthy and more expansive and optimistic then at any time in the last thousand years... And it was a female who was ruling too! :)
   The people at this time wouldn't f exactly been the most hygienic. hey rearly ever washed their hair, and wen they styled it , a heat protector was never used as they didn't exist back ten.. So think of the damage done to the hair... probably alot which is probably what gave the hair the texture that you see in paintings and such. If they had any teeth left they would have been roted black which is why you see in paintings no one ever smiles in them. The women covered their faces in egg whites and led for make-up . This gave an abnormally white appearance which was favoured in this time as it meant that you had money and a job where you were not out in the sun. The led was poisonous for the skin which caused break outs, uneven skin tone and texture in the skin. his would of caused all kinds of skin disorders and diseases. When the skin broke out they just layered on more of the led which was very harmful on the skin. To wash this off they would use Mercury which is also poisonous for the skin... This was just a cruel circle for them wasn't it .
   The culture side of he Elizabethan Ea was much better ten the hair and make-up of the time. There was world famous poets and play writers at this time such as William Shakespeare. This era is famous for its literature, music,eatre and poetry.  Shakespeare was composing plays that broke England free of its past history and style in theatre. Women also at this time in England had much more freedom to d as they please then anywhere else in Europe at the time. England had lots of educated upper class women then in all of Europe at this time. It was fairly unconstrained for women at the time.
   Education started at home where you where taught to respect others and basic manners, If you came from a family that was wealthy you where continued to be taught by a private tutor at home.