Read Daily Life in Elizabethan England Online
Authors: Jeffrey L. Forgeng
literature, 187
livestock, 92, 93, 110, 113.
kayles, 196
See also
horses; poultry; sheep
kerchiefs, 138
locks, 109, 227, 228
kirtles, 132
loggats, 196, 198
kitchens, 110, 113, 116, 117, 168 – 69,
London, 68, 99,
106
,
112
, 118, 121;
175 – 76
educational institutions, 59 – 60;
knights, 11, 20, 39, 103
foreign inhabitants, 8;
knitting, 41, 61, 137 – 38, 139, 140
population, 17; religious
knives, 117, 140, 171, 172,
173
.
groups, 29 – 30; theaters, 6, 184
See also
daggers; penknives;
lotteries, 200
tableware
Low Countries, 3 – 5, 8, 126
laborers, 17, 74, 103
lace, 66, 74, 97, 130, 132, 138, 140.
magic, 81, 187, 236 – 37, 239
See also
points
makeup.
See
cosmetics
land and landholdings, 9 – 10,
manners.
See
etiquette
14 – 17, 18, 69
manor house, 105, 110 – 12
languages, 8, 57, 58.
See also
English
manorialism, 8 – 9, 13, 14 – 17,
language; French language;
35, 69
Greek language; Latin
maps, 232 – 33
language
markets, 18, 73, 74,
98
, 105 – 106.
lanterns, 75,
76
, 97, 117.
See also
shops and shopkeepers
See also
light
Marlowe, Christopher, 6, 187, 234
Latin language, 34, 57, 59
marriage, 28, 63 – 67
274 Index
Mary Stuart ( Mary Queen of
news, 187, 199
Scots), 2, 3, 4
New World, 4, 6, 168, 171, 229
Mary Tudor ( Bloody Mary),
New Year’s Day, 79, 81
1, 2, 187
nightgowns, 131, 132
matches, 115, 198
Nine Men’s Morris, 197
mathematics.
See
arithmetic and
nine-pegs, 196
mathematics
noblemen.
See
aristocracy
maygames and parish ales, 84, 85,
nuts, 88, 90, 110, 167
184, 189, 200, 201
meals, 74 – 75, 104, 163 – 65, 175 – 76.
oats, 81, 92, 93, 166
See also
breakfast; dinner;
old age, 68 – 69
supper
open-field agriculture.
measurements, 103, 166
See
champion agriculture
meat, 164, 166 – 67, 168
orphans, 21
medicine, 121 – 22, 237, 238;
medical education, 59, 60;
parents, 39 – 40, 47 – 48, 50, 51, 65,
women as practitioners, 58, 58,
68, 74, 75
61, 110, 122.
See also
physicians;
parish, 22, 26 – 27, 33, 66, 84.
surgeons
See also
church; maygames
merchants, 39, 97, 230 – 31
Parliament, 11, 16, 30 – 31, 33,
metalworking, 17, 95 – 96, 97, 105
59, 103
Middle Ages, 1, 33, 239; influence
peas.
See
legumes
on social structure, 8 – 10, 11, 12,
penknives, 54
14, 25
Penny Prick, 196
midwives, 43, 122
pens, 54 – 55
militia.
See
army and militia
perfume, 141
milk.
See
dairy produce
petticoats, 132, 134 – 35, 148 – 49
mills, 94, 105
petty school, 41, 53
mirrors, 141, 142
Philip II of Spain, 2, 3
monarch, 9, 11, 28, 31 – 32
physicians, 14, 20, 121 – 22.
monasteries, 10, 26 – 27
See also
medicine, surgeons
money, 99 – 104.
See also
income;
pies, 90, 179 – 80
prices
pigs, 89, 92, 110, 168
morris dancing, 184, 189,
190
,
pins, 97, 140, 200
198, 201
plague, 6, 121.
See also
disease
mortality and death, 43, 46 – 47,
plates.
See
tableware; trenchers
69 – 70
plays.
See
theater and theaters
music, 57, 58, 60, 183 – 84, 188.
pockets, 135, 140
See also
dancing; psalms;
poetry, 6, 184
songs
points, 140, 200
police.
See
constable, watch
names, 45 – 46
Poor Laws, 22, 33
napkins, 171, 172, 174
Pope, 2, 3, 29
neckwear, 127, 138, 159
population, 8, 17 – 18
Netherlands.
See
Low Countries
pouches, 140.
See also
purses
Index 275
poultry, 110, 120, 166 – 67, 169.
sanitation, 68, 119.
See also
privies
See also
livestock
schools.
See
education
poverty, 17, 21 – 22, 68 – 69
science, 59, 237 – 38
prayer, 54, 75, 74, 77, 173 – 74
Scotland, 2, 3, 8
prices, 103 – 104
seafood, 167, 168.
See also
fasting
priests, 20, 26 – 27, 49, 77, 78.
seasonings, 168.
See also
herbs;
See also
church; clergy
spices
Prisoner’s Base, 196
Separatists, 27, 29 – 30, 80
privies, 119.
See also
sanitation
sermons, 77, 78
Privy Council, 31 – 32, 232
servants, 17, 20, 43, 61, 73, 172
Protestantism, 2, 26, 29 – 30, 78,
sexuality, 28, 50, 67 – 68, 82
235.
See also
Puritans;
Shakespeare, William, 6, 24, 30,
Separatists
86, 87
psalms, 77
sheep, 85, 92, 93 – 94.
Puritans, 29 – 30, 46, 63, 188; social
See also
livestock
critiques by, 77 – 78, 85, 127, 188,
ships and boats,
5
, 229 – 31
189, 191, 200.
See also
Separatists
shirts, 117, 130 – 31, 150 – 51
purses, 117, 140
shoes, 117, 132, 138, 159
shops and shopkeepers,
18
, 96 – 98,
quarterstaves, 192
128.
See also
markets
queen.
See
monarch
Shovelboard, 198, 199
quoits, 195, 204
shuttlecock, 195
silk, 104, 127, 128, 130, 137
races, 191, 196, 198
skirts.
See
petticoats
reading, 53 – 54, 77, 187, 235
skittles, 196
recycling, 98, 120, 198
sleeping, 23, 74, 75.
See also
beds
religion, 25, 234 – 35.
smocks, 75, 131, 142 – 44
See also
Catholicism; church;
soap, 96, 104, 119, 129.
Protestantism; Puritans;
See also
laundry; washing
Separatists
solicitors.
See
lawyers
rents, 9 – 10, 13, 15 – 16
songs, 188, 210 – 14.
See also
psalms
riddles, 199
Southwark, 33, 68, 185
riding, 197, 199.
See also
horses
Spain, 2, 3 – 5, 8
rings, 66, 141.
See also
jewelry
spectacles, 141
roads and streets, 105 – 106, 226 – 27
spices, 65, 104, 168, 170.
Robin Hood, 84, 114, 200
See also
seasonings
rolls ( bumrolls),
133
, 134, 147 – 48
spinning, 41, 61, 94
roofs, 109
spoons, 45, 97, 107, 171 – 72,
173
.
ruffs.
See
neckwear
See also
tableware
rye, 92, 93, 166
squires.
See
esquires
stockings.
See
hose
saints, 26, 46, 80 – 90
Stoolball, 194, 198, 199, 202 – 204
saints’ days, 80 – 90, 183.
straw, 86, 87, 93, 108, 109,
See also
holidays and holy days
110, 114
salt, 117, 123, 168, 169, 172
streets.
See
roads and streets
276 Index
Stubbes, Phillip, 127, 188, 189, 191,
vegetables, 110, 111, 167, 168, 178
194
Venetian breeches, 136, 151 – 53
sugar, 44, 96, 104, 167, 170
vermin, 109, 114, 119 – 20
Sundays, 77 – 78, 139, 188, 200.
villages, 14 – 17, 92 – 93, 104 – 105
See also
weekly schedules
violence, 190 – 91, 192, 200
supper, 74 – 75, 164
surgeons, 121, 122.
wages.
See
incomes
See also
medicine; physicians
Wales, 8, 82, 97, 170, 194
swimming, 58, 196
washing, 74, 77, 118 – 19, 172, 173.
swords, 130, 140 – 41, 191 – 92
See also
cleaning; grooming;
hygiene; laundry; soap
tables, 116.
See also
furnishings
Wassail, 81, 90, 171
tableware, 107, 171 – 73
watch, 35, 75, 86
taverns, 175
water, 75, 105, 118
taxes, 22, 31, 103 – 104.
water power.
See
blast furnace;