Why did the elizabethans believe social class and status were important?

Athey believed that a strong class system was necessary for progress.

Bthey believed in the bible and took its rules and restrictions literally.

Cthey believed in the great chain of being, which dictated social roles.

Dthey were strongly loyal to their king and all the great noble bloodlines.

Ethey believed in aristotle's scale of nature, which ordered human society.