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16th-century Costume Links
www.costumes.org/history/100pages/
16thlinks.htm
Excellent comprehensive guide, with some great images of fashion in
the 16th century.
Medieval & Tudor Christmas Courts
www.britainexpress.com/History/
medieval/christmas.htm
What Henry VIII and his family got up to in December and January.
The 1601 Elizabethan Poor Law
www.victorianweb.org/history/
poorlaw/elizpl.html
Outline of the legislation leading to the poor law of 1601, including a description of the law and how it worked.
Books
The Elizabethan World Picture by E M W Tillyard (Pimlico, 1998)
£10
For the Elizabethans, all creation was ranged in an unalterable order
from the angels down to men and then to the beasts and plants. This study
explains these concepts and illuminates the literature and thinking of
the time.
The Oxford Illustrated History of Tudor and Stuart Britain, edited
by John Morrill (Oxford, 2000) £17.50
Lavishly illustrated and thoroughly readable account of politics and society
during two centuries.
Daily Life in Elizabethan England by Jeffrey L Singman (Greenwood,
1995) £35.95
A vivid and intimate account of the Elizabethan age, looking at recipes,
clothing patterns, songs, dances, games, and other informal aspects of
life.
Where Queen Elizabeth Slept & What the Butler Saw: Historical
terms from the sixteenth century to the present by David Durant. US
edition only; available through online bookshops.
This book of trivia for history buffs explores how people lived, what
they ate, how they spoke, how they dressed, what games they played and
how their homes looked, from the 16th century to the present day.
Food and Cooking in 16th-century Britain by Jane Renfrew, Maggie
Black, Peter Brears and Jennifer Stead (English Heritage, 1985) £2.95
A children's book of what people ate in 16th-century Britain.
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