The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Renaissance England
by Emerson, Kathy Lynn
Published by : Writer's Digest Books, (Cincinnati, Ohio :) Physical details: 280 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN:0898797527 (alk. paper) :.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-271) and index.
Everyday life. Clothes and accessories ; Food and drink ; Architecture ; Furnishing a house ; Marriage and family ; Physic and physicians --
Government and war. Government ; Monarchs, nobles, and commoners ; Crime and punishment ; Coins, money and how much things cost ; War and peace ; A seafaring nation --
Renaissance society. Education : secular and religious ; Employment ; Entertainment ; Language ; Life in London and other cities ; Rural life ; Travel and travelers ; Witches, magic, necromancy and superstition.
If your writing takes you into the England of the Renaissance, you've surely researched the period's sweeping cultural changes. But the Renaissance is a large tapestry, and it is the often-elusive day-to-day details you weave into your work that bring characters, settings and actions to life. You'll find your details here. In a book that's like a telescope through time, Kathy Lynn Emerson takes you to 1485-1649 England, to show you how people lived. You'll discover fashions of the day, including codpieces for men, bodices for women - many items with some assembly required; what people ate, table customs, and the ubiquity of alehouses in the land; family life, the elaborate customs of courtship and marriage, the problems of infidelity; what the Royal Court was like; the litigious society that was Renaissance England - and the punishments meted out; the work, food and discomfort of seafarers engaged in commerce or piracy; causes for celebration - the major religious and secular festivals; life in the cities and the rural areas, and much more.--Publisher.
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