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Burial of the plague dead in early modern London
www.history.ac.uk/cmh/epiharding.html
Fascinating academic article by Dr Vanessa Harding, concentrating on the burial practices carried out in London during the ‘plague year’ of 1665. See also our interview with Dr Harding.
Cannon of the Civil War
www.siegegroup.free-online.co.uk/cannon.htm
Overview of weapons used in the 17th-century army.
In the beginning … we had 'gowf'
www.golfmagic.com/news/Freearticle.asp?
UAN=1651
Gives an account of the early years of golf, including how golf balls – 'featheries' – were made in the 1600s.
The Real Paint and Varnish Company
www.realpaints.com
Manufacturers of paints and colours created in the traditional way of craftsmen painters before the Industrial Revolution. The site has a short history of the evolution of paint.
Fenland Rebels
http://website.lineone.net/~grandlaf/Fnlrb.htm
In this article, first published in an issue of the Green Anarchist, Steve Booth describes the enclosure and drainage of the Fens and popular resistance to it.
The sedan chair in Scotland
http://members.fortunecity.com/gillonj/
sedanchairinscotland/
Describes the quirky taxi service in Stuart Scotland.
James Thornhill
www.fact-index.com/j/ja/james_thornhill.html
Biography of the British decorative and portrait painter who was commissioned
to paint the dome of Wren's St Paul's Cathedral.
Time traveller's guide to Stuart England
www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/guide17/
Experience the 17th century – from the Gunpowder Plot and the Great Fire
of London to the Glorious Revolution, with the agonies of the Civil Wars and
the Great Plague in between.
Books
Birth, Marriage and Death: Ritual, religion and the life-cycle in Tudor and Stuart England by David Cressy (Oxford University Press, 1999)
A picture of the classic rites of passage in Tudor and Stuart England, from childbirth and baptism through to courtship, weddings, and funerals.
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Cromwell:
Our chief of men by Antonia Fraser (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001)
A readable and detailed biography of one of England's most celebrated and controversial
figures, often demonised as a puritanical zealot.
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English Society, 1580-1680 by Keith Wrightson (Routledge, 2003)
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 Great Plague by Stephen Porter (Sutton, 2003)
The bubonic plague that struck England in 1665-6 was responsible for the deaths
of one third of London's population. This is a well-illustrated account.
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The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and faith in 1605 by Antonia Fraser
(Phoenix, 2002)
Dramatic recreation of the conditions and motives that led to the fateful night
of 5 November 1605, with an unravelling of the tangled web of religion and
politics that spawned the plot.
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Restoration London: Everyday life in the 1660s by Liza Picard
(Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001)
An enthralling picture of 17th-century London.
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1700: Scenes from London life by Maureen Waller (Sceptre, 2001)
In 1700, London was recovering from the ravages of fire, plague and revolution. Using anecdotes, detail and amusing contrasts, court records, newspapers and eyewitness accounts, Waller recreates the city at this unique time.
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The Weaker Vessel: Women's lot in 17th-century England by Antonia
Fraser (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2002)
Brings to life such women as governesses, milkmaids, fishwives, nuns, defenders
of castles and courageous courtesans, countesses, witches and widows.
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Women All on Fire: The women of the English Civil War by Alison
Plowden (Sutton, 2000)
Account of the heroic women who played an active part in the war between king
and Parliament in the 17th century, from the queen Henrietta Maria to the oyster
wenches who defended London for Parliament.
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