Tudor jobs
Websites
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Elizabeth's pirates
www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/pirates/
During the reign of Elizabeth I, England was a relatively poor state and open
to invasion. Elizabeth's solution was to support privateers – licensed
pirates such as Sir Francis Drake. This site tells the story and has a fun game
- Spanish Invaders.
Renaissance: The Elizabethan world
www.elizabethan.org
More than 70 pages of insight into everyday life in Tudor England – food, occupations, games, pastimes, religion, fashion, manners, attitudes and education in the time of Elizabeth I and Shakespeare.
Time traveller's guide to Tudor England
www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/guide16/
Visit the dangerous, filthy streets of 16th-century London and beyond during
the reigns of King Hal, the child monarch Edward, Bloody Mary and the Virgin
Queen.
The Tudors
www.tudorbritain.org
Educational website produced by the National Archives and the Victoria & Albert Museum. After an interactive exploration of the court of Henry VIII, you can examine Tudor life, trade, religion and fun. There is also a great 'Joust!' game.
Tudor England 1485-1603
http://englishhistory.net/tudor.html
Online quiz and excellent primary sources and articles on 16th-century England.
Tudor history
www.tudorhistory.org
Provides an extensive overview of the Tudor period, including people, architecture
and daily life.
Tudor royal household
www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/Tudor%20
Royal%20Household.htm
Describes the roles of the Tudor royal servants, among them the 'groom
of the stool', responsible for wiping the royal derrière in the
privy.
John Guy – History
www.johnguy.co.uk/history.php
Website of historian John Guy (see
his book Tudor England,
below), which aims to dispense some of the most up-to-date information
on Tudor England with online lectures and papers.
Books
Behind the Scenes: Domestic arrangements in historic houses by Christina Hardyment (National Trust, 2001)
Informative, amusing text that recounts not only the history of the kitchen, the bathroom, and the laundry, but also investigates bakehouses and breweries, dairies and dovecotes, the lamp room and the larder.
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Life in Elizabethan England by Jeffrey L Singman (Greenwood, 1995)
A vivid and intimate account of the Elizabethan age, looking at recipes, songs,
dances, games and other informal aspects of life.
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this book
The Elizabethan Renaissance: The life of the society by A L Rowse (Penguin, 2000)
From the court and the landed gentry to the middle and lower classes, Rowse presents a complete portrait of human nature. Chapters cover customs, religion, sport, food, sanitation, sex and an examination of the Elizabethans' obsession with astrology, witchcraft, sorcery and alchemy.
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English Court Theatre, 1558-1642 by John H Astington (Cambridge
University Press, 1999)
An account of the physical and aesthetic conditions under which actors worked
in open-air public theatres and the private, indoor theatres at court.
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The Executioner Always Chops Twice: Ghastly blunders on the scaffold by
Geoffrey Abbott (St. Martin's Press, 2004)
A mixture of bungled executions, strange last requests and classic final one-liners
from medieval times to the present day.
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this book
New Worlds, Lost Worlds: The rule of the Tudors 1485-1603 by
Susan Brigden (Penguin, 2001)
General account of politics and society in the Tudor era, with fascinating
insights into the minds of the people.
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this book
Shakespeare's England: Life in Elizabethan and Jacobean times by
Ron Pritchard (Sutton, 2001)
Light-hearted look at the relationships between men and women, London life,
crime and punishment, witches and spirits, with sections on 'Teach Yourself
Rogue's Cant' and 'Amaze Your Friends with Home Magic'.
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this book
The Timetraveller's Guide to Tudor London by Natasha Narayan
(Watling Street, 2004)
A trip back to Tudor London aimed at younger readers. Looks at the Elizabethan
underworld, execution hotspots, Tudor food from the courts to the slums, a
day in the life of a Tudor 'cabbie' (Thames waterman), how to play musical
chairs and Elizabethan football, and much more.
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Tudor England by John Guy (Oxford University Press, 1990)
A classic textbook that covers the entire period, and includes both social
history and high politics. Academic and very detailed.
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Where Queen Elizabeth Slept and What the Butler Saw by David
Durant (St Martin's Press, 1998)
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.
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Women according to Men: The world of Tudor-Stuart women by Suzanne
W Hull (AltaMira Press, 1996)
Looks at how women were described, and prescribed to act, by men during the
Tudor-Stuart period in England. Elucidates which rules were for women, and
deals with health habits, food and theories on conception, among other themes.
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this book
