Course 3301-ZKB247
Everyday Life in Elizabethan England

Reading List

I. Queen Elizabeth and the Elizabethan Society.
II. Religion.
III. Elizabethan Costume. Life in London.
IV. Theatre and Entertainment.
V. Health, Medicine and Food.
VI. Education and Family Life.
VII. Magic and Witchcraft.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
 

I. Queen Elizabeth and the Elizabethan Society.

  1. William Harrison, Description of Elizabethan England (1577), Chap. I "Of Degrees of People in the Commonwealth of England" [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1577harrison-england.html].
  2. William Harrison, Description of Elizabethan England (1577), Chap. IX "Of Provision Made for the Poor" [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1577harrison-england.html].
  3. An Act for the Relief of the Poor (1598, 1601), [Aughterson 194-6].
  4. John Awdeley, The Fraternitie of Vagabondes (1575), "Rogues and Vagabonds: A Guide" [Pritchard 206-208].
  5. John Awdeley, The Fraternitie of Vagabondes (1575), "The Company of Cozeners and Shifters" [Aughterson 158-9].
  6. Thomas Harman, A Caveat for Commen Cursetors (1567), "Teach Yourself Rogues' Cant" [Pritchard 208-210].
  7. Thomas Dekker, English Villainies Discovered by Lantern and Candlelight (1608-16), "A Canting Love-Song" [Pritchard 210-11].
  8. Thomas Harman, A Caveat for Commen Cursetors (1567), "Sleep for Vagabonds" [Pritchard 211-12].
  9. Thomas Harman, A Caveat for Commen Cursetors (1567), "A Doxy" [Pritchard 212-13].
  10. Robert Greene, A Disputation Between a Hee Conny-catcher, and a Shee Conny-catcher (1592), "The Cutpurse's Boast" [Pritchard 214].
  11. Robert Greene, The Blacke Bookes Messenger (1592), "How Ned Browne Kissed a Gentlewoman and Cut Her Purse" [Pritchard 214-15].

II. Religion.

  1. Injuctions given by the Queen's Majesty (1559) [Aughterson 2-7].
  2. Book of Common Prayer (1559), "Preface", "Of Ceremonies, why some be abolished and some retained", "The order for the administration of the Lord's Supper, or holy communion" [Cressy 40-7].
  3. An Act for the Uniformity of Common Prayer and Divine Service (1559) [Cressy 56-8].
  4. The Thirty-Nine Articles (1563) [Cressy 59-70].
  5. The State of Melford Church as I, Roger Martyn, did know it [Cressy 11-13].
  6. Regnans in Excelsis [Pope Pius V's Bull Against Elizabeth] (1570).
  7. Eamon Duffy, The Stripping of the Altars. Traditional Religion in England 1400-1580. Chap. 17 "Elizabeth", pp. ???-???.

III. Elizabethan Costume. Life in London.

  1. Statutes of Apparel (15 June 1574) - "Who wears what".
  2. Statutes of Apparel (6 May 1562) - "Concerning Ruffs, Hose, and Swords".
  3. Statutes of Apparel (7 May 1562) - "Concerning Fines".
  4. Statutes of Apparel - London Proclamation (8 May 1562) - "Concerning Horses".
  5. William Harrison, Description of Elizabethan England (1577), Chap. I "Of Our Apparel and Attire" [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1577harrison-england.html].
  6. Philip Stubbes, Anatomy of Abuses [1583], "Fashion in Ailgna" [Aughterson 180-2].
  7. Richard Haydocke, A Tract Containing the Artes of curious Paintinge, Caruinge and Building (1598), "Mercury" [Pritchard 26].
  8. John Stowe, A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster (1598) [Aughterson 177-80].
  9. Henry Peacham, The Art of Living in London (1642) [Aughterson 210-14].
  10. Thomas Nashe, Christ's Tears over Jerusalem (1593), "Stews and Strumpets" [Pritchard 171-3].
  11. Jessica A. Browner, "Wrong Side of the River: London's Disreputable South Bank in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century", Essays in History, Vol. 36 (1994).

V. Theatre and Entertainment.

  1. The Lord Mayor and the Aldermen of the City of London's Letter to the Privy Council (1597) [Aughterson 190-1].
  2. Paul Hentzner, Travels in England (1598), "Pleasures" [Pritchard 187].
  3. Philip Sidney, An Apologie for Poetry (1595), "Absurdity and Delight" [Pritchard 191-2].
  4. Philip Stubbes, The Anatomy of Abuses (1583), "Of Stage-playes and Enterluds, with their wickedness".
  5. Stephen Gosson, The Schoole of Abuse (1579), "A Puritan View of the Theatre" [Pritchard 188].
  6. Samuel Rowlands, The Letting of Humours Blood in the Head-Vaine (1600), "Games and Sports" [Pritchard 195].
  7. John Earle, Micro-cosmographie (1628), "Bowling" [Pritchard 198].
  8. Philip Stubbes, The Anatomy of Abuses (1583), "The Beautiful Game" [Pritchard 198].

VI. Health, Medicine and Food.

  1. Proclamation prohibiting access to court because of plague (1592) [[Aughterson 196-7].
  2. Thomas Dekker, The Wonderful Year (1603), "The Plague of 1603" [Pritchard 174-7].
  3. Ian Jessiman, "A General Study of the Plague in England 1539-1640: With a Specific Reference to Loughborough" [www.loughborough.co.uk/plague].
  4. Nicholas Breton, The Good and the Badde (1616), "Doctor, doctor" [Pritchard 63].
  5. Galen & Culperer, Art of Physic (1652) [Aughterson 362-7].
  6. Thomas Hill, The Gardeners Labyrinth (1577-1652), "Some useful plants tabulated" [Pritchard 62-3].
  7. John Gerard, Herbal (1597) [Aughterson 370-5].
  8. Robert Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy (1626) [Aughterson 387-9].
  9. William Harrison, Description of Elizabethan England (1577), Chap. VI "Of the Food and Diet of the English" [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1577harrison-england.html].
  10. John Earle, Micro-cosmographie (1628), "A Cook" [Pritchard 55-6].
  11. Claudius Hollyband (De Sainliens), The French Schoolemaister (1573), "A Citizen Family Dinner, with Guests" [Pritchard 58-61].

VI. Education and Family Life.

  1. William Harrison, Description of Elizabethan England (1577), Chap. XVIII "Of Universities" [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1577harrison-england.html].
  2. Thomas Elyot, The Governor (1531) [Aughterson 219-225].
  3. Roger Ascham, The Schoolmaster (1570) [Aughterson 232-235].
  4. Richard Mulcaster, Positions (1581) [Aughterson 235-242].
  5. John Brinsley, Ludus Literarius, or the Grammar Schoole (1612), "School Rules" [Pritchard 89-91].
  6. Helkiah Crooke, Microcosmographia (1615, 1631), "Of the Differences of the Sexes" [Aughterson 463-465].
  7. Henri Misson, M. Misson's Memoirs and Observations in his Travels over England, "Bedding the Bride" [Pritchard 37-8].
  8. Eucharius Röesslin, The Byrth of Mankinde (1545), "Tending the New-Born" [Pritchard 45-6].
  9. Robert Tofte, The Batchelars Banquet (1603), "Good Cheer for Gossips" [Pritchard 46-8].
  10. Van Meteren, Nederlandishe Historie (1575), "The Paradise of Married Women" [Pritchard 29].
  11. Juan Luis Vives, The Office and Duty of an Husband (1553) [Aughterson 429-433].
  12. An Homily of the State of Matrimony (1562) [Aughterson 435-439].
  13. Dod & Cleaver, A Godly Form of Household Government (1598) [Aughterson 448-450].
  14. William Gouge, Of Domestical Duties (1612) [Aughterson 466-469].
  15. Sir Anthony Fitzherbert, The Book of Husbandry (1523), "Woman's Work is Never Done: the Farmer's Wife" [Pritchard 69-70].

VII. Magic and Witchcraft.

  1. Joseph Hall, Characters of Vertues and Vices (1608), "The Superstitious Man" [Pritchard 115].
  2. Thomas Hill, Naturall and Artificiall Conclusions (1567), "Amaze Your Friends with Home Magic" [Pritchard 125-6].
  3. Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), "Six Kinds of Spirits" [Pritchard 116-17].
  4. Samuel Harsnet, A Declaration of Egregious Popish Impostures (1603), "The Making of Frights and Witches" [Pritchard 117-19].
  5. An Act Against Conjurations, Inchantments and Witchcrafts (1563) [Sharpe 99-100].
  6. William Perkins, A Discourse of the Damned Art of Witchcraft (1608), "William Perkins on the Demonic Pact" and "William Perkins on Cunning Folk" [Sharpe 100-102].
  7. Assize Indictments for Witchcraft (1574) [Sharpe 107-8].
  8. Alexander Roberts, A Treatise of Witchcraft … (1616), "Why So Many Witches are Women" [Sharpe 108-9].
  9. Anon., Witches Apprehended, Examined, and Executed (1613), "Testing for a Witch" [Pritchard 119-20].
  10. Daemonologia: A Discourse on Witchcraft … (1621), "Witches in West Yorkshire, c. 1620" [Sharpe 109-11].
  11. Meeting the Devil and Going to the Sabbat, Lancashire (1634) [Sharpe 116-7].
  12. Samuel Clarke, The Second Part of the Marrow of Ecclesiastical History … (1675), "Demonic Possession in Cheshire, 1602" [Sharpe 118-19].
  13. Anon., The Wonderful Discoverie of the Witchcrafts of Margaret and Philip Flower (1619), "A Witchcraft Case" [Pritchard 120-4].
  14. Reginald Scott, The Discovery of Witchcraft (1584) [Aughterson 357-62] and [Sharpe 104-6].

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sourcebooks:

  1. Aughterson, Kate (ed.). The English Renaissance. An Anthology of Sources and Documents. Routledge. London & New York. 2002.
  2. Cressy, David, Ferrell, Lori Anne (eds.). Religion and Society in Early Modern England. A Sourcebook. Routledge. London & New York. 1996.
  3. Pritchard, R. E. (ed.). Shakespeare's England. Life in Elizabethan and Jacobean Times. Stroud. 1999.

Selected secondary sources:

  1. Abbot, Mary. Life Cycles in England 1560-1720. Cradle to Grave. Routledge. London & New York. 1996.
  2. Beier, A. L., Finlay, Roger (eds.). London 1500-1700. The Making of the Metropolis. Longman. London & New York. 1986.
  3. Byrne, Muriel St. Clare. Życie codzienne w Anglii elżbietańskiej. Przeł. Anna Staniewska. PIW. Warszawa. 1971.
  4. Duffy, Eamon. The Stripping of the Altars. Traditional Religion in England 1400-1580. Yale University Press. New Haven & London. 1992.
  5. Elton, Geoffrey Rudolph. England Under the Tudors. Routledge. London & New York. 1996.
  6. Gurr, Andrew. The Shakespearean Stage 1574-1642. CUP. Cambridge. 1992.
  7. Haigh, Christopher. English Reformations: Religion, Politics, and Society under the Tudors. Clarendon Press. Oxford. 1993.
  8. Hutton, Ronald. The Rise and Fall of Merry England. The Ritual Year 1400-1700. OUP. Oxford and New York. 1996.
  9. Jewell, Helen M. Education in Early Modern England. St. Martin's Press. New York. MacMillan Press. Houndmills. 1998.
  10. Morill, John (ed.). The Oxford Illustrated History of Tudor and Stuart England. OUP. Oxford and New York. 1996.
  11. O'Day, Rosemary. The Tudor Age. Longman. London and New York. 1995.
  12. Rowse, Alfred Leslie. The Elizabethan Age. Macmillan. London. 1962.
  13. Sharpe, James Anthony. Witchcraft in Early Modern England. Longman/Pearson Education Ltd. Harlow. 2001.
  14. Stone, Lawrence. The Family, Sex and Marriage in England 1500-1800. Penguin Books. London. 1990.
  15. Thomas, Keith. Religion and the Decline of Magic. Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century England. Penguin Books. Harmondsworth. 1973.
  16. Wear, Andrew. Health and Healing in Early Modern England: Studies in Social and Intellectual History. Ashgate. Aldershot. 1998.
  17. Wilson, Frank Percy. The Plague in Shakespeare's London. OUP. London. 1963.

Paweł Rutkowski