Marriage was decided by family to improve the both family’s social standings. It also improved could improve the familys wealth if they married higher up.
Family in Elizabethan England was based mainly on if you were a man or woman. Women were dominated by the men in the family and were considered inferior to them. They were expected to obey men in every situation and had no real control of who they married. Their marriages were arranged by their family to increase wealth and social standings and produce and care for children.
Men were the main power in the home. Their jobs were the only things supporting the family because the women were not allowed to work. The rest of the family was expected to do whatever they were told, and they controlled the entire family’s social standing.
Children were cherished in these times because there was a high rate of infant deaths, but were expected to obey their parents. Children from wealthier families were given toys and dolls and taught good manners.
Family in Elizabethan England was based mainly on if you were a man or woman. Women were dominated by the men in the family and were considered inferior to them. They were expected to obey men in every situation and had no real control of who they married. Their marriages were arranged by their family to increase wealth and social standings and produce and care for children.
Men were the main power in the home. Their jobs were the only things supporting the family because the women were not allowed to work. The rest of the family was expected to do whatever they were told, and they controlled the entire family’s social standing.
Children were cherished in these times because there was a high rate of infant deaths, but were expected to obey their parents. Children from wealthier families were given toys and dolls and taught good manners.