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Wrong Side of the River: London's disreputable South Bank in the 16th
and 17th centuries
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/
journals/EH/EH36/browner1.html
Essay examines the borough of Southwark's history as a place where
the 'dissolute, loose and insolent' were apt to congregate.
Gay History and Literature
www.infopt.demon.co.uk/gayhist.htm
Rictor Norton's website devoted to gay history, with essays on homosexual
themes in English Renaissance literature, including the works of Marlowe,
Shakespeare and Spenser.
Books
The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir (Pimlico, 1997) £9.99
A very readable account of the personal politics of the king and how his
fears and desires had unexpected results.
The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser (Weidenfeld &
Nicolson, 1999) £25
A classic account of Henry VIII and how his treatment of his wives had
far-reaching political consequences.
The Elizabethan Underworld by Gamini Salgado (Sutton, 1995) £10.99
Beautifully written and illustrated, this looks at the 16th-century world
of prostitutes, brothels and theatres.
Women in England 1500-1760 by Anne Laurence (Phoenix, 1996) £9.99
Fascinating account of the expectations and experiences of women in the
crucial period between the Reformation and the Industrial Revolution.
Women according to Men: The world of Tudor-Stuart women by Suzanne
W Hull (AltaMira Press, 1996) £16.95
An examination of texts written about and for women, discussing health
habits, household remedies and the making of food.
The Family, Sex and Marriage in England 1500-1800 by Lawrence
Stone (Penguin, 1990) £10.99
Scholarly and immensely detailed account of the changing relations between
the sexes in early modern England.
Close Readers: Humanism and sodomy in early modern England by
Alan Stewart (Princeton University Press, 1997) £35
A detailed and highly academic contribution to modern gay scholarship
on Renaissance art and literature.
Sex in Elizabethan England by Alan Haynes (Sutton, 1999) £10.99
Sexual behaviour is approached through the literature and literary personalities
of the period, building up a picture of the sexual experiences of Elizabethans.
Homosexuality in Renaissance and Enlightenment England: Literary representations
in historical context by Claude Summers (Harrington Park Press, 1993)
£11.99
Examines homosexuality in the context of William Shakespeare, Christopher
Marlowe, John Donne, Fanny Hill, Katherine Philips and Aphra Behn.
Uppity Women of the Renaissance by Vicki Leon (Conari Press, 1999)
£12.99
An introduction to some of history's most dangerous, outrageous and flamboyant
women.
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