Literature 2: Shakespeare's London

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Literature 2:
Shakespeare's London
(Periode B)

Shakespeare's London

(Literature 2)

Take a guess: The current population of London is 8.9 million, in 1530 there lived...

1. 50.000 people
2. 100.000 people
3. 200.000 people
4. 250.000 people

Take a guess: a huge fire occured in London in 1666, what percentage of the city burned down?

1. 40%
2. 60%
3. 80%
4. 100%

The East India Company (in Dutch VOC) was established in:

1. 1550
2. 1600
3. 1650
4. 1700

16th Century London

- Religion changed depending on ruler (catholic < > protestant)

- Elizabeth loved plays: lots of theatres were built
- Beginning of trade (East India Company = VOC)

- 1530: 50.000 people  >  1605: 225.000 people in London

London in the 16th Century

17th Century London

- King James I of England = King James VI of Scotland

- Gunpowder plot: Guy Fawkes wants to blow up Parliament

- "Remember, Remember the 5th of November"

- English Civil War: no monarch, but Republic (1653-1659)

Two disasters in a row

- The Great Plague of 1665
- "The Black Death"

- May: 53 people die
- June: 6000 people die
- July: 17.000 people die
- August: 31.000 people die

- In total 15% of London dies in one summer

Two disasters in a row

- One year later....
- The Great Fire of London: 1666
- Starts in a bakery

- 4 days later....

- only 6 people have died

- but 80% of London is destroyed

The person behind the Gunpowder Plot was called...

1. Guy Hawkes
2. Guy Fawkes
3. Guy Pawkes
4. Guy Dawkes

The English name for the VOC is:

1. North India Company
2. East India Company
3. South India Company
4. West India Company

True or False: "The Great Fire of London was in 1665 and the Black Death in 1666"

1. True
2. False

For a few years, England was a Republic instead of a Monarchy, but when...?

1. 1633-1639
2. 1643-1649
3. 1653-1659
4. 1663-1669

What percentage of the London population died due to the Black Death?

1. 15%
2. 25%
3. 8%
4. 31%

King I James of England was also...

1. King IV of Scotland
2. King IV of Wales
3. King VI of Scotland
4. King VI of Wales

Today

- Read the background information for Literature 2: Shakespeare's London

- Answer the questions (use Google/ the internet)

+ Check your answers (use Its Learning)

- Read through / work on the first assignment