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Shakespeare's England: life in Elizabethan & Jacobean times

✍ Scribed by Shakespeare, William;Pritchard, R. E

Publisher
The History Press
Year
2013
Tongue
English
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 England and the English; 2 Women and Men; 3 House and Home; 4 Country Life; 5 Education; 6 Beliefs; 7 The Court; 8 London; 9 Arts and Pleasures; 10 Poverty, Crime and Punishment; 11 Over Seas; Coda; Further reading.;This is an intriguing and fascinating collection of excerpts from some of the best, wittiest and most unusual sixteenth and seventteenth century writing.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 England and the English
2 Women and Men
3 House and Home
4 Country Life
5 Education
6 Beliefs
7 The Court
8 London
9 Arts and Pleasures
10 Poverty, Crime and Punishment
11 Over Seas
Coda
Further reading.

✦ Subjects

HISTORY--Europe--Great Britain;English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700;Manners and customs;Homes;English literature--Early modern;Intellectual life;Sources;;Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Homes and haunts -- England;England -- Social life and customs -- 16th century -- Sources;England -- Social life and customs -- 17th century -- Sources;England -- Intellectual life -- 16th century -- Sources;England -- Intellectual life -- 17th century -- Sources;English literature -- Early modern, 1

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