Understanding Shakespeare's England : a companion for the American reader

Understanding Shakespeare's England : a companion for the American reader /

Shakespeare's world--from cosmology to witchcraft, marriage to cuckoldry, aristocracy to money, drinking habits to music--all explored in this volume.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McMurtry, Jo, 1937-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hamden, Conn. : Archon Books, 1989.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Homes and haunts > England.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
Geschichte 1568-1603.
1500-1599
Homes.
Intellectual life.
Manners and customs.
Kultur
England > Social life and customs > 16th century.
England > Intellectual life > 16th century.
England.
England > Social life and customs.
England > Civilization.
Table of Contents:
  • Degree and Rank in Elizabethan England
  • The Status of Women
  • Sovereigns: God's Vicars on Earth
  • The Peerage, Beginning with Dukes and Marquesses
  • Earls, Viscounts, and Barons
  • Knights
  • Knights Who Are Not Necessarily Knights
  • Baronets
  • Coats of Arms and the Gentry
  • Citizens and Burgesses
  • Yeomen and Laborers
  • Social Categories, Literacy, and the Population
  • The Tudor Dynasty
  • The Tudors: An Overview
  • Henry VII (Reigned 1485-1509)
  • Henry VIII (Reigned 1509-47)
  • Edward VI (Reigned 1547-53) and Lady Jane Grey (1553)
  • Mary (Reigned 1553-58)
  • Elizabeth (Reigned 1558-1603)
  • James I (Reigned 1603-25)
  • The Genealogies of Shakespeare's Kings
  • King John (Written 1594-96)
  • Richard II (Written 1595)
  • Henry IV, Parts One and Two (Written 1596-98)
  • Henry V (Written 1599)
  • Henry VI, Parts One, Two, and Three (Written 1589-91)
  • Richard III (Written 1592-93)
  • Henry VIII (Written 1612-13)
  • Elizabeth Cosmology in Church and Government
  • The Orderly Hierarchy of the Church
  • The Church in Daily Life
  • The Ecclesiastical Courts
  • The Elizabethans' Recent Past: Henry VIII and the Monasteries
  • Religious Tensions during Elizabeth's Reighn
  • Cosmology in Government: The Sovereign and the Privy Council
  • The King's Courts in London
  • County Assizes, Quarter Sessions, and Pie-Powder Courts
  • The Two Houses of Parliament
  • Henry V: Parliamentary Maneuverings and Social Harmony
  • Elizabethan Money
  • Pounds, Shillings, and Pence
  • Sixteenth-Century Pounds and President-Day Dollars
  • Money in Shakespeare
  • Money in Jonson's The Alchemist
  • Counterfeiting and Clipping
  • Moneylending and the Question of Usury
  • London
  • Inside and Outside the City Wall
  • The Aldermen and the Lord Mayor
  • The Lord Mayor's Show and Other London Spectacles
  • The London Guilds
  • Masters and Apprentices: The Shoemaker's Holiday
  • The Merchant Classes in Literature
  • Courtiers and Gallants
  • London as a Habitat
  • Theater in London
  • London in Crisis: The Plague
  • Village and Countryside
  • The Look of the Land
  • The Village Fields and the Manorial Court
  • The Village Common and the Enclosure Question
  • Field Crops: What "Corn" Wasn't
  • Oxen, Horses, and Sheep
  • Market Towns and Fairs
  • Marriage Arrangements and Customs
  • The Court of Wards; Forced Marriages
  • Age at Marriage: Juliet versus the Statistics
  • Marriage Preliminaries: The Espousal
  • Shakespeare's Marriage
  • Banns and Licenses
  • Wedding Customs
  • Marriage and Cosmology in Elizabethan LIterature
  • Obedient and disobedient Wives in Shakespeare
  • In-Laws, Cousins, and Grandparents
  • Cuckoldry Jokes
  • Education
  • Basic Literacy: Reading and Writing
  • The Reading Public
  • Grammar Schools
  • The Universities
  • University Jargon
  • Life after Graduation
  • Literary Stereotypes: Religious, Occupational, and Regional
  • Puritans in Literature
  • Spenser's Duessa and the Catholic Menace
  • King James and Guy Fawkes
  • Jews as Seen by the English
  • Professional Stereotypes: Lawyers
  • Students at the Inns of Court
  • The Justices of the Peace
  • Medical Practitioners
  • Regional and Foreign Stereotypes
  • Outsiders: Witches, Criminals, and Vagabonds
  • Witches in the Courts of Law
  • Specialists in Witch Lore: Scott, King James, and Hopkins
  • Witches in Literature
  • Criminals: Traitors, Felons, and Others
  • Treason and Torture
  • Treason and the Death Penalty
  • Felonies, Public Hangings, and the Pillory
  • Benefit of Clergy
  • Lesser Offenses and Their Punishments
  • Vagrants, Lunatics, and Other Wanderers
  • Rogues and Vagabonds in Literature
  • Travel and Exploration
  • Road Traffic in England
  • The Post System
  • Foreign Travel
  • Unknown Paths to Unknown Places: The Trading Companies
  • Drake and the Golden Hind
  • The Slave Trade
  • English Colonies in the New World
  • Literature and Far Horizons
  • The Military, Arrows, Cannon, and Sails
  • Musters and Recruiting
  • Army Organization
  • Falstaff as Army Captain, the Wrong Stuff
  • Army Weapons: The Longbow versus the Musket
  • Swords, Armor, and Horses
  • Henry V and the Battle of Agincourt
  • Ships and Tactics
  • The Invincible Armada
  • Life's Extras
  • Houses and Furnishings
  • Gardens and Flowers
  • Hunting the Deer and Other Beasts
  • Falconry: The Fascination of What's Difficult
  • The Pleasure of the Table
  • Alehouses, Taverns, and Ordinaries
  • The Tobacco Controversy
  • Fashions in Dress
  • Music
  • Dance
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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