Wages tended to be this much higher in London than the rest of England.
What is 50%?
100
The father of Queen Elizabeth I.
Who is Henry VIII?
100
The number of riots in London in the years 1581-1602.
What is thirty-five?
100
Foreigners were struck by how respectable women in England could venture out unchaperoned and attend _______.
What is the theater?
200
This many died in England of above disease in 1603.
What is 36,000?
200
Small freeholding farmers, "the backbone of English national independence and well-being."
What is yeomen?
200
Elizabeth's father established this church.
What is Church of England?
200
Rural rioting broke out most frequently to protest against this unfair practice.
What is enclosures?
200
These women, if of full age, could inherit and administer land, make a will, sign a contract, possess property, sue and be sued, without a male guardian or proxy.
What is single women?
300
Killing these made the disease spread faster.
What is cats and dogs?
300
This industry is the chief source of England's wealth in the 16th c.
What is textile (industry)?
300
The nickname given to Elizabeth's half sister because of her persecuting Protestants.
Who is "Bloody Mary"?
300
Sir Thomas More's "riot of silence" was aimed against this establishment created by Henry VIII.
What is the Church of England?
300
Book publishing surged in the late 16th c. because of these readers.
What is women?
400
The upper classes did not like to eat this.
What is vegetables?
400
The source of wealth for most of the ruling class, and measure of social status.
What is landownership?
400
The number of marriages of Elizabeth I.
What is zero?
400
Throughout the 16th c., the bloodiest riots in the whole of England broke out because of this.
What is religion?
400
Women who asserted their views too vigorously risked being labeled as this.
What is "scolds?"
500
This much beer per person per year was sold in England (incl. men, women, children).
What is 40 gallons?
500
"Who studieth in the universities,... [and] can live idly and without manual labor... shall be taken for a ______."
What is gentleman?
500
The year Elizabeth I died.
What is 1603?
500
Some bloody riots in London broke out against certain artisans because they were __________.
What is foreign/foreigners?
500
Some learned women writers, like Elizabeth Tudor at the age of eleven, undertook this, which was difficult for chauvinistic males to object.