What role did faith play?

Who controlled education?

What was the basis of scientific belief?

How did writers earn a living?

How was the country governed? How much power did the monarch have?

What role(s) did women play?

How were the various classes of society viewed? Was there social mobility?

How was the Bible regarded?

How were books produced? Who could afford them?

What was the purpose of education?

Which was more important, faith or intellect?

What was the size of the known world?

What was English wealth based on?

What are the major literary forms and genres? What are the major developments in literary forms/techniques/ genres in this period?