Read the excerpt from the time travelers guide to elizabethan england. there is some respite at the end of the reign: the law against eating meat on wednesdays is repealed in 1585. at the same time, there is a general slackening of fish-eating and an increase in the consumption of meat. by the 1590s most wealthy households have dropped the strict lenten fast and replaced it with a reduced-meat diet. in 1593 the government bows to the inevitable and reduces the punitive ? 3 fine to ? 1. now many households begin to eat meat in lent and on fridays and saturdays, if the head of the household wishes to do so, even though it is still technically against the law. the details from this excerpt support the inference that meat was consumed only by wealthy elizabethans. many elizabethans resisted the idea of eating more meat. fish was still a more common staple than meat in elizabethan diets. elizabethans attitude toward eating meat was becoming more relaxed.

Elizabethan's attitude toward eating meat was becoming more relaxed.

The excerpt is a timeline of how people in Elizabethan England began eating more meat. First, "the law against eating meat on Wednesdays is repealed". This shows that the government is becoming more relaxed about eating meat. People began replacing the lenten fast with "a reduced-meat diet." This further shows that people are choosing to eat more meat. The last details show that some have even started eating meat during lent and the government has reduced punishments for eating meat those who eat meat when they shouldn't. The details do not confirm that meat was consumed ONLY by wealthy citizens. While the text does state that fish consumption drops and meat consumption increases, it does not indicate whether or not fish is a more common staple in Elizabethan diets. The idea that people resisted eating more meat is the complete opposite of what the text is saying.

D) elizabethans attitude toward eating meat was becoming more relaxed.

Explanation: In the given excerpt from "The Time Travelers Guide to Elizabethan England" we can see the narration (in chronological order) of how people in Elizabethan England, started to increase their meat intake. The fact that was illegal to eat meat on wednesdays and during the lenten fast, and that the law was repealed, and the people started to eat meat in lent, proves that elizabethans attitude toward eating meat was becoming more relaxed.

answer d

explanation:

because i have already answered your question several times, answering it again would be superfluous.

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