Question

“The time travelers guide to Elizabethan England”. Which details gives implicit information about the modern views of the Elizabethan landscape?

Answer 1

A wide flat field is "finer” than rugged terrain for it can be tilled easily to produce wheat and so represents good white bread. A small thatched cottage, which a modern viewer might consider pretty, will be considered unattractive by an Elizabethan traveler, for cottagers are generally poor