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Shakespeare's London - Everyday Life in London 1580-1616 (Paperback)
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Shakespeare's London - Everyday Life in London 1580-1616 (Paperback)
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List price R389
Loot Price R318
Discovery Miles 3 180
You Save R71 (18%)
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Everyday life in the teeming metropolis during William
Shakespeare's time in the city. Shakespeare's London was a
bustling, teeming metropolis that was growing so rapidly that the
government took repeated, and ineffectual, steps to curb its
expansion. From contemporary letters, journals and diaries, a vivid
picture emerges of this fascinating city, with its many
opportunities and also its persistent problems. By far the largest
city in the country, it was the centre of government, the law and
the church, the focus of politics and culture. It had a vigorous
economy, with a range of industries and a lucrative trade in luxury
goods for the courtiers and wealthy citizens. Growth produced
overcrowding and high mortality, with shockingly high death tolls
during the periodic plague epidemics, yet London attracted an
endless stream of people, who were absorbed into its diverse
communities and economic structures. Here the first playhouses were
built, patronised by large audiences, who were treated to a rich
and varied diet of plays to keep them, and the court, entertained.
The London that Shakespeare knew was an expanding, changing and
exciting city.
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