Religion
The people were a lot more religious than they are in modern times
Almost everyone still believed in God, Heaven and Hell
England was a Protestant country
- It had broken away from Catholicism
- Reformation, which began with attacks on corruption in the Catholic Church
Elizabethan Beliefs
The Chain of Being (scala naturae – literally ladder/ stair-way of nature)
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Myths and Magic
- Fairies, magic, witches, spells and prophesies all formed part of their view of life
- Folklore and superstition were often as important as Religion
- They believed fairies and other magical beings came out at night to play mischief and they caused people to become insane
- Astrology was a lot more important than it is today
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