Daily Life In Stuart England

Author : Jeffrey L. Forgeng
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313088957

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Daily Life in Stuart England by Jeffrey L. Forgeng Pdf

England witnessed an overall rising standard of living in the seventeenth century. Still very much an agrarian society, approximately 80% of the population lived in rural settlements, and even citydwellers were in walking distance of farmland. However, as the the century came to an end a growing proportion of the population was living in urban areas. London in particular grew from some 200,000 people in 1600 to 575,000 by 1700 and went from being the 3rd largest city in Europe to the largest. Homes were larger than previously and the wealth of a family could be determined by how many fireplaces were in the home. Clothing was another important facet of Stuart culture and not only protected the wearer against the elements but was a statement of their position in society. Clothing and homes weren't the only marker of social status, even sports and games were often divided along class lines - many in the lower classes played football while the upper-classes were consumed with billiards. Forgeng brings life in Stuart England alive for students and general readers alike. Chapters devoted to the course of life and cycles of time; the living environment; clothing and accoutrements; food and drink; and entertainments detail the day-to-day lives of those living in Stuart England; while the role of women; religion; science and technology; the military; and trade and economy are also explored. Greenwood's Daily Life through History series looks at the everyday lives of common people. This book will illuminate the lives of those living in Stuart England and provide a basis for further research. Black and white photographs, maps and charts are interspersed throughout the text to assist readers. Reference features include a timeline of historic events, sources for further reading, glossary of terms, bibliography and index.

Author : Jeffrey L. Forgeng
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216070979

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Daily Life in Elizabethan England by Jeffrey L. Forgeng Pdf

This book offers an experiential perspective on the lives of Elizabethans—how they worked, ate, and played—with hands-on examples that include authentic music, recipes, and games of the period. Daily Life in Elizabethan England: Second Edition offers a fresh look at Elizabethan life from the perspective of the people who actually lived it. With an abundance of updates based on the most current research, this second edition provides an engaging—and sometimes surprising—picture of what it was like to live during this distant time. Readers will learn, for example, that Elizabethans were diligent recyclers, composting kitchen waste and collecting old rags for papermaking. They will discover that Elizabethans averaged less than 2 inches shorter than their modern British counterparts, and, in a surprising echo of our own age, that many Elizabethan city dwellers relied on carryout meals—albeit because they lacked kitchen facilities. What further sets the book apart is its "hands-on" approach to the past with the inclusion of actual music, games, recipes, and clothing patterns based on primary sources.

Author : Mary Coate
Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1924
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0837142113

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Social Life in Stuart England by Mary Coate Pdf

From state papers, diaries and memoirs, legal documents, parish records and other contemporary sources the author has reconstructed the daily life and surroundings of ordinary men and women in 17th century England.

Author : John Morrill
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2000-08-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192854001

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Stuart Britain: A Very Short Introduction by John Morrill Pdf

First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Morrill's Very Short Introduction to Stuart Britain shows how in the Stuart century, a century of Revolution, political, religious, social, and economic changes came together.

Author : Maurice Ashley
Publisher : David & Charles
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1967-01-01
Category : England
ISBN : OCLC:299871693

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Life in Stuart England by Maurice Ashley Pdf

Author : Anita Ganeri
Publisher : Raintree
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781406270679

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Life in Stuart Britain by Anita Ganeri Pdf

This title introduces readers to life in Stuart Britain from a child's viewpoint. The book introduces general features of the time period, but focuses on what life was like for children, including where they lived, what they learned at school, and where they worked. The text is supported by primary source material (paintings, artefacts, quotes, etc.) that brings the past to life. A final section explains how we use historical evidence to reconstruct the past.

Author : Barry Coward
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780470998892

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A Companion to Stuart Britain by Barry Coward Pdf

Covering the period from the accession of James I to the death of Queen Anne, this companion provides a magisterial overview of the ‘long' seventeenth century in British history. Comprises original contributions by leading scholars of the period Gives a magisterial overview of the ‘long' seventeenth century Provides a critical reference to historical debates about Stuart Britain Offers new insights into the major political, religious and economic changes that occurred during this period Includes bibliographical guidance for students and scholars

Author : Kathy Lynn Emerson
Publisher : Belgrave House
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780974106878

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The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Renaissance England by Kathy Lynn Emerson Pdf

For the writer and anyone else interested in Renaissance England (1485-1649), this remarkable resource covers the day-to-day details: fashions, food, customs, family life, the Royal Court, law and punishment, holidays, city and rural living, seafaring and land occupations, alehouses, marriage, birth and death rituals—and a great deal more, written with authority in a wonderfully readable style. Included are bibliographies and internet addresses for further research. Nonfiction Historical Resource by Kathy Lynn Emerson; originally published by Writer’s Digest Books

Author : Simon Thurley
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780008389970

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Palaces of Revolution: Life, Death and Art at the Stuart Court by Simon Thurley Pdf

The story of the Stuart dynasty is a breathless soap opera played out in just a hundred years in an array of buildings that span Europe from Scotland, via Denmark, Holland and Spain to England.

Author : David Cressy
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1997-05-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191570766

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Birth, Marriage, and Death : Ritual, Religion, and the Life-Cycle in Tudor and Stuart England by David Cressy Pdf

From childbirth and baptism through to courtship, weddings, and funerals, every stage in the life-cycle of Tudor and Stuart England was accompanied by ritual. Even under the protestantism of the reformed Church, the spiritual and social dramas of birth, marriage, and death were graced with elaborate ceremony. Powerful and controversial protocols were in operation, shaped and altered by the influences of the Reformation, the Revolution, and the Restoration. Each of the major rituals was potentially an arena for argument, ambiguity, and dissent. Ideally, as classic rites of passage, these ceremonies worked to bring people together. But they also set up traps into which people could stumble, and tests which not everybody could pass. In practice, ritual performance revealed frictions and fractures that everyday local discourse attempted to hide or to heal. Using fascinating first-hand evidence, David Cressy shows how the making and remaking of ritual formed part of a continuing debate, sometimes strained and occasionally acrimonious, which exposed the raw nerves of society in the midst of great historical events. In doing so, he vividly brings to life the common experiences of living and dying in Tudor and Stuart England.

Author : Judith James
Publisher : HQN Books
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781426864117

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Libertine's Kiss by Judith James Pdf

Abandoned by his cavalier father at a young age, William de Veres grew up knowing precious little happiness. But William has put the past firmly behind him and as a military hero and noted rake, he rises fast in the ranks of the hedonistic Restoration court. Though not before he is forced to seek shelter from a charming young Puritan woman… The civil wars have cost the once-high-spirited Elizabeth Walters her best friend and her father, leaving her unprotected and alone. She flees an unwanted marriage, seeking safe haven, but what she finds is something she never expected. When her kindness and her beauty bring her to the attention of William, and then the king, she will have a choice to make. After all, can a notorious libertine really be capable of love?

Author : James Edward Westheider
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313071812

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The Vietnam War by James Edward Westheider Pdf

The Vietnam War was different from most previous U.S. wars of the twentieth century. It was an undeclared and limited war. The draft to supply the soldiers and serious problems in the Selective Service system meant that the burden of the war was carried disproportionately by minorities and working class whites, many of whom did not want to serve. While many Americans saw service in Vietnam as their patriotic duty, others opposed the war. This is the story of the men and women who served in that war, whether overseas in active combat or in support roles in Viet Nam and stateside.

Author : Stephen A. Bourque
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313038440

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Post-Cold War by Stephen A. Bourque Pdf

From the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 through the years immediately after the collapse of the World Trade Center and Pentagon in 2001, and within the administrations of George H. W. Bush, William J. Clinton, and George W. Bush, soldiers' lives underwent enormous changes. Without the benefit of national conscription, these professionals, nurtured on stories of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, experienced repetitive tours of duty in one combat zone after another to an extent the warriors of earlier eras could never have imagined. They fought every kind of war during this period; high-intensity mechanized war, air and heliborne raids, peace-keeping activities, urban combat, counter-insurgency operations, refugee support, and counter-narcotics operations. What makes the story of this era's soldiers all the more compelling is that these activities took place as the American military actually decreased its military strength during the period, leading to more and longer tours of duty. The book also includes a timeline to put dates and events in better perspective, a comprehensive, topically arranged bibliography, and a thorough index.

Author : Charles P. Neimeyer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2007-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313027338

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The Revolutionary War by Charles P. Neimeyer Pdf

Nearly everyone in the U.S. has studied the Revolutionary War. Too often, however, historians of the Revolution focus on the activity of the army without noticing what was taking place inside the army. Making liberal use of diaries and correspondence by the soldiers and their families, Charles P. Neimeyer tells the stories of the men and women who fought for the young country's independence. Sometimes starting off as rag-tag groups of men shooting off their muskets at geese just for the thrill of the sound, the soldiers became more disciplined and focused. The army recruited a significant number of African American soldiers, who fought side by side with whites. Women also fought and served in the army, either masquerading as male soldiers or providing support for army operations in camp and on the march. Suffering through times of numbing cold and starvation where men boiled their shoes for food, the sheer perseverance of the soldiers in the ranks ultimately won the war for independence. Presenting stories from letters and diaries of the men and women of the time, this volume reveals the stories of fear, exhaustion, hard work, grief, and exhilaration of the people in the camps and on the march. Highlights include: ; Recruitment, which included just about any healthy man willing to serve, including immigrants and enemy POWs ; General Washington's attempts to create a model, respectable army ; Attempts at medical treatment, and the ravages of smallpox, which left men dying at makeshift hospitals ; African American soldiers in the War ; Women's contributions to war efforts, whether in disguise as soldiers, or in filling in for husbands killed in battle ; Daily life in the camp: the monotony, the lack of food and supplies, drinking, sleeping in huts and out in the open, games, letter writing and religious observations ; The failure to fairly pay the soldiers as they mustered out of service The book also includes a timeline that puts dates and events in better perspective; a comprehensive, topically arranged bibliography; and a thorough index.

Author : Raffaella Picello
Publisher : libreriauniversitaria.it Edizioni
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9788833591124

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Access to the humanities by Raffaella Picello Pdf