A Compendium of Common Knowledge, 1558-1603: Elizabethan Commonplaces for Writers, Actors & Re-enactors
Product Description
A Compendium of Common Knowledge, 1558-1603: Elizabethan Commonplaces for Writers, Actors & Re-enactors
- Used Book in Good Condition
The Compendium of Common Knowedge (1558-1603) offers insight into ordinary lives-both common and noble-in the England of Queen Elizabeth I and Shakespeare. In this little book you'll find notes on Elizabethan food, occupations, games, and pastimes, also religion, manners, attitudes, and education-the little details that make up daily life, that everyone knows without thinking. The Compendium, used on-line by Renaissance fairs and schools all over the world, provides a unique reference for writers, students, actors, re-enactors, and Elizabethan enthusiasts of all kinds.
Technical Specifications
You might also like
Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London
The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England
How To Be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life
Easy Street: A Guide For Players In Improvised Interactive Environmental Performance, Walkaround Entertainment, And First-Person Historical Interpretation
A Shakespeare Glossary
Elizabethan Costuming (For The Years 1550 - 1580)
The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606
Daily Life in Elizabethan England
Shakespeare's London: Everyday Life in London 1580-1616
All the King's Cooks: The Tudor Kitchens of King Henry VIII at Hampton Court Palace