Elizabeth's London : everyday life in Elizabethan London / Liza Picard
2003, 1st edition. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #407063
ISBN: 0297607294
Physical description; xxiv, 342 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-328) and index. Contents; Pt. 1. The Place -- Ch. 1. The River -- Ch. 2. The Main Streets, Water Supply and Sewerage -- Ch. 3. The Buildings -- Ch. 4. Interiors and Furniture -- Ch. 5. Gardens and Open Spaces -- Pt. 2. The People -- Ch. 6. Health, Illness and Medicine -- Ch. 7. Foreigners -- Ch. 8. Clothes and Beauty -- Ch. 9. Food and Drink -- Ch. 10. Sex, Marriage, Family Life and Death -- Ch. 11. Education -- Ch. 12. Amusements -- Ch. 13. Networks and Boxes -- Ch. 14. Crime, Punishment and the Law -- Ch. 15. The Poor -- Ch. 16. Religion, Superstition, Witchcraft and Magic -- App. I. Words and Pronunciation -- App. II. Currency, Wages and Prices -- App. III. An Elizabethan Invoice. Subjects; Elizabeth I, Queen of England 1533-1603 Homes and haunts England London. Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland. Elizabeth I, Queen of England 1533-1603. Elizabeth I, Queen of England 1533-1603 Homes and haunts England London. Elizabeth I, Queen of England 1533-1603. 1500-1599. Homes. Manners and customs. LONDON/MIDDLESEX - GENERAL:SOCIAL HISTORY. SURREY - GENERAL:SOCIAL HISTORY. London. Middlesex. Surrey. London (England) History 16th century. London (England) Social life and customs 16th century. Elizabethan period. Everyday life. Great Britain - Social history - 16th century. London - History - 1558-1603.
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