Elizabethan Era Webquest By: Tyler Hubley, Kristen Sweets, Bethany Parnham, clyde goss
Elements known to compose the universe!
Earth, Water, Air, and Fire.
Humors / Relationships to personality!
Melancholic: Old, Cold, Earth, Saturn, Anti sociial. Phlegmatic: Mature, Cold, Water, Moon, Kind. Choleric: Young, Warm, Fire, Mars, Aggressive. Sanguine: Adolescent, Warm, Air, Jupiter, Social.
Relationship between illness and humours.
The relationship between humours and illnesses was that treatments were more available for those who could afford it, for example leeches were used to get rid of bad blood from diseases like bubonic plague.
Types of medicine.
The types of medicine that was administered was mainly potions that contained herbs and plants. Often times people used home remedies to cure their illnesses because it was an inexpensive medical method.
Relation change!
The religion change has caused the England people's to be upset and everyone has argued against the change. Effecting England religion and upsetting all of England.
Control of the world.
According to this idea, everything in the world had its position fixed by God. The Earth was the centre of the universe and the stars moved around it in fixed routes. In Heaven God ruled over the archangels and angels.
Chains of beings.
Chains of being was meant to allow everything to have its place. At the bottom stood various types of inanimate objects, such as metals, stones, and the four elements (earth, water, air, fire). Higher up were various members of the vegetative class, like earth, water , fire. The the highest level is where the gods stand. Some animals had different levels within their group such as shell fish where the lowest.
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Blog / Podcast
Elizabethan Medicine and Illnesses. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Mar. 2016.
"Introduction to the Renaissance." Introduction to the Renaissance. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Mar. 2016.
"The Four Humours." The Four Humours. Web. 31 Mar. 2016.