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Elizabethan England
The attitude towards young marriage was more positive than negative. Among the upper class marriage was seen as a means of gaining property, friends, and allies. One purpose for marriage was for the procreation of children, and mutual comfort and support. MOst of the people that lived in England during the Elizabethan era were protestant, and some were Catholic. A large part of culture is the activities that people participate in. Free time of a person living in England during the Elizabethan era could be spent dancing, fencing, horseback riding, or playing cards, chess, billiards, football, or tennis. Card games included Primero, Taroccho or Trumps. The billiards during the Elizabethan era was different from the version that we play today. The Elizabethan version was played on a square table with three pockets instead of four. The pockets were lcated at two corners and one in the center of the opposite side. in the center of the table was an iron arch and an upright cone in front of it. The cone was called a king. At points of the game you had to drive the balls through the arch and around the cone, but the objective was to avoid knocking over the arch or the cone. Football was played among the lower class. Boys would put beans or horsebeans inside of a blown bladder and the beans would make sound when the ball was kicked. this game was played on countrysides and in open fields. Agame that was popular among the upper calss was tennis. Either a racket orthe palm of a hand was used in this game. If someone didnt play tennis they were shunned.