1500 - 1750

The Positives and Negatives of Living in the 1500 – 1750

 Life at that time was hard for many people, especially the poor, but it had also many privileges and benefits.

 The wages were low and the taxes high, many people didn’t have enough money to live on and had only the goal to survive. The streets of London, dirty, diseased and crowded, were problem enough, but there were also the rivers. As you see, Britain was not the most paradise-like city at the times, but cities all around the world were not much different. Everyone had dirt and disease, everyone had poverty! As I know, Britain was not actually the worst city at the time.

 In Britain there were many privileges too – the Globe theater, the trade-markets of town, the view, the churches… The life in 1500s was not very bad! The people had theatres and churches, they had games and entertainments. There were hospitals for the sick and helpless. People helped each other, one way or another. London was busy and commercial and the river as anyone served its purpose as the transportation center. From all around the globe people came to trade wood, fruit, linen and much more exactly in London. London was interesting, London was rich with culture (and it still is now).

 I think, though every culture has its good and bad sides, England’s 1500s were much more prosperous than in other countries, so I think, that it was much better a century than before!