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Religion and the Decline of Magic by Keith Thomas (Penguin, 1991)
A massive and majestic volume that examines the history of witchcraft and popular ideas about magic in the context of the hazardous society of the 17th century.
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English Society, 1580-1660 by Keith Wrightson (Routledge, 1982)
Brings together the results of historical research to provide a picture of society and social change in early modern England, brought to life through the use of contemporary diaries.
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The World We Have Lost – Further Explored by Peter Laslett (Routledge, 1999. Out of print; may be available from libraries or second-hand bookshops.
An updated third edition of Laslett's classic guide to family life and community in England in the early modern period. A must for students.

The Great Plague by Stephen Porter (Sutton, 2003)
Well-illustrated account of the Great Plague. Porter also describes the impact of earlier outbreaks that swept across Europe in the previous three centuries.
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Bodies Politic: Disease, death and doctors in Britain, 1650-1900 by Roy Porter (Reaktion, 2003)
Takes a critical look at representations of the body, in death, disease and health, in Britain from the mid-17th century.
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The Great Fire of London by Stephen Porter (Sutton, 2001)
Porter examines the background to the events leading up to the Great Fire and describes the rapid reconstruction of the City that followed.
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Restoration London: Everday life in the 1660s by Liza Picard (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001)
Picard offers an enthralling picture of 17th-century London.
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