April 23, 1616, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford.
             According to the Britannica, Shakespeare lived at a time when ideas and social structures established in the Middle ages still formed men's thought and behavior. Queen Elizabeth was God's deputy on earth, and lords and commons had their place in society under her. (pg. 253) This was the main structure of life in William's age and time. People did not choose what they wanted to be or to do in life. This was a time when you just did what was told of you because it was your place to do so. No one could control what type of situation they were born into but it did not matter because they had to accept it as their role in society. To them it was fate/destiny that chose their rank in the world. The officers of royalty were the closest people to God and all others were a number of steps lower depending on their rank.
             This rigid and oppressing form of government made way for a constant economic, political, and social struggle throughout England. Royal authority was challenged in parliament. Economic and social structures were disturbed by the rise of capitalism, the redistribution of monastic lands under Henry VIII, the expansion of education, and the influx of new wealth from discovery of new lands according to the Britannica encyclopedia.(pg 253)
             There was also an on going struggle with the dominance of religion. Atheism
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