I've written these articles as a general guide to the Elizabethan period and more specifically the subjects dealt with in my books. They're not meant to be hard core history. I hope to add more articles as I think of topics to write about.
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Living in Elizabethan Times - a general primer including some (not so boring) statistics.
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Social Order - from the queen to pauper and everyone in between.
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The Rights of Women - the status of women in society. Could they choose whom they married? Could they inherit? COMING SOON.
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Theatres - what they looked like.
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Players and their Companies - the theatre companies and how they were organized.
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Witches and Superstition - what every Elizabethan witch would know, and some other superstitions of the times.
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Pirate vs Privateer - not all pirates are created equal.
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Health and Medicine - all about illnesses, the medical profession and some interesting (and disgusting) remedies.
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Walsingham's Spy Network - COMING SOON
