Understanding Shakespeare's England: a companion for the American reader
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Hamden, Conn.
Archon Books
1989
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| Beschreibung: | XIII, 254 S. Ill., graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 0208022481 |
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Shak amp;jpecux d England
A Companion for the American Reader
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Jo McMurtry
Archon Books
Hamden, Connecticut
Contentd
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
1 Degree and Rank in Elizabethan England 4
The Status of Women 5
Sovereigns: God s Vicars on Earth 5
The Peerage, Beginning with Dukes and Marquesses 7
Earls, Viscounts, and Barons 9
Knights 10
Knights Who Are Not Necessarily Knights 11
Baronets 13
Coats of Arms and the Gentry 13
Citizens and Burgesses 15
Yeomen and Laborers 16
Social Categories, Literacy, and the Population 18
2 The Tudor Dynasty 22
The Tudors: An Overview 23
Henry VII (Reigned 1485-1509) 25
Henry VIII (Reigned 1509-47) 28
Edward VI (Reigned 1547-53) and Lady Jane Grey (1553) 29
Mary (Reigned 1553-58) 30
vii
viii CONTENTS
Elizabeth (Reigned 1558-1603) 31
James I (Reigned 1603-25) 31
3 The Genealogies of Shakespeare s Kings 33
King John (Written 1594-96) 33
Richard II (Written 1595) 35
Henry IV, Parts One and Two (Written 1596-98) 37
Henry V (Written 1599) 39
Henry VI, Parts One, Two, and Three (Written 1589-91) 41
Richard III (Written 1592-93) 43
Henry VIII (Written 1612-13) 49
4 Elizabethan Cosmology in Church and Government 52
The Orderly Hierarchy of the Church 53
The Church in Daily Life 54
The Ecclesiastical Courts 56
The Elizabethans Recent Past: Henry VIII and the Monasteries 57
Religious Tensions during Elizabeth s Reign 59
Cosmology in Government: The Sovereign and the Privy Council 60
The King s Courts in London 61
County Assizes, Quarter Sessions, and Pie-Powder Courts 62
The Two Houses of Parliament 63
Henry V: Parliamentary Maneuverings and Social Harmony 64
5 Elizabethan Money 67
Pounds, Shillings, and Pence 67
Sixteenth-Century Pounds and Present-Day Dollars 70
Money in Shakespeare 73
Money in Jonson s The Alchemist 77
CONTENTS ix
Counterfeiting and Clipping 79
Moneylending and the Question of Usury 80
6 London 82
Inside and Outside the City Wall 83
The Aldermen and the Lord Mayor 84
The Lord Mayor s Show and Other London Spectacles 86
The London Guilds 87
Masters and Apprentices: The Shoemakers Holiday 88
The Merchant Classes in Literature 90
Courtiers and Gallants 92
London as a Habitat 94
Theater in London 97
London in Crisis: The Plague 99
7 Village and Countryside 101
The Look of the Land 101
The Village Fields and the Manorial Court 104
The Village Common and the Enclosure Question 106
Field Crops: What Corn Wasn t 107
Oxen; Horses, and Sheep 109
Market Towns and Fairs 111
8 Marriage Arrangements and Customs 113
The Court of Wards: Forced Marriages 113
Age at Marriage: Juliet versus the Statistics 116
Marriage Preliminaries: The Espousal 117
Shakespeare s Marriage 119
Banns and Licenses 120
CONTENTS
Wedding Customs 121
Marriage and Cosmology in Elizabethan Literature 122
Obedient and Disobedient Wives in Shakespeare 124
In-Laws, Cousins, and Grandparents 125
Cuckoldry Jokes 126
9 Education 128
Basic Literacy: Reading and Writing 129
The Reading Public 131
Grammar Schools 132
The Universities 135
University Jargon 137
Life after Graduation 139
10 Literary Stereotypes:
Religious, Occupational, and Regional 142
Puritans in Literature 142
Spenser s Duessa and the Catholic Menace 144
King James and Guy Fawkes 146
Jews as Seen by the English 146
Professional Stereotypes: Lawyers 148
Students at the Inns of Court 149
The Justices of the Peace 150
Medical Practitioners 151
Regional and Foreign Stereotypes 154
11 Outsiders: Witches, Criminals, and Vagabonds 156
Witches in the Courts of Law 156
Specialists in Witch Lore: Scott, King James, and Hopkins 158
CONTENTS xi
Witches in Literature 161
Criminals: Traitors, Felons, and Others 163
Treason and Torture 164
Treason and the Death Penalty 165
Felonies, Public Hangings, and the Pillory 167
Benefit of Clergy 169
Lesser Offenses and Their Punishments 170
Vagrants, Lunatics, and Other Wanderers 172
Rogues and Vagabonds in Literature 174
12 Travel and Exploration 176
Road Traffic in England 177
The Post System 178
Foreign Travel 179
Unknown Paths to Unknown Places: The Trading Companies 181
Drake and the Golden Hind 183
The Slave Trade 184
English Colonies in the New World 184
Literature and Far Horizons 185
13 The Military: Arrows, Cannon, and Sails 188
Musters and Recruiting 189
Army Organization 190
Falstaff as Army Captain: The Wrong Stuff 192
Army Weapons: The Longbow versus the Musket 193
Swords, Armor, and Horses 195
Henry V and the Battle of Agincourt 197
Ships and Tactics 200
The Invincible Armada 202
xii CONTENTS
14 Life s Extras 206
Houses and Furnishings 207
Gardens and Flowers 208
Hunting of the Deer and Other Beasts 209
Falconry: The Fascination of What s Difficult 212
The Pleasures of the Table 214
Alehouses, Taverns, and Ordinaries 215
The Tobacco Controversy 217
Fashions in Dress 218
Music 221
Dance 223
Notes 227
Bibliography 239
Index 245
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