This set provides a detailed and intimate account of the Elizabethan and Jacobean World picture. The volumes vividly convey life as it was in the days of Shakespeare; King James; the first voyage to the West Indies; the Great Plague of 1603; the Gunpowder Plot; the Civil War, and the first impact of Galileo's discoveries. In compiling these volumes, G.B. Harrison undertook a massive trawl of original sources of British social and political history of the period. Each journal contains a chronology of key events of the period, unfolding as they would for contemporaries. This rare panorama of one of England's most colourful periods in history provides an essential background for enlightened reading of Elizabethan and Jacobean literature, offering as it does, crucial insights into influences affecting the literature and attitudes of the time.

First published in 1951. G B Harrison here recognizes that Shakespeare's tragedies were intended for performance in a theatre and that the playwright's conspicuous gift among his contemporaries was a sympathy for joy and sorrow, pity and terror, and right and wrong of his people. The plays covered are: Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Troilus and Cressida, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus and Timon of Athens.

First published in 1928. This book collects together over one hundred sources by Elizabethan authors which show English life in English literature. Most of them have been selected as much to catch the atmosphere as the moods of the period, and come from the great Elizabethan writers who can transmit the essence of the time. A 'gallery of Elizabethan pictures' rather than a complete survey of life in Shakespeare's day, the spelling and punctuation have been modernized throughout. To enable those who wish to read the extracts in their context, references are given to the most accessible editions.

This is the second volume in a set that provides a detailed and intimate account of the Elizabethan and Jacobean world picture. The volumes convey life as it was in the days of Shakespeare, King James, the Gunpowder Plot, and the dicoveries of Galileo.

This is the fifth volume in a set that provides a detailed and intimate account of the Elizabethan and Jacobean world picture. The volumes convey life as it was in the days of Shakespeare, King James, the Gunpowder Plot, and the dicoveries of Galileo.

This is the third volume in a set that provides a detailed and intimate account of the Elizabethan and Jacobean world picture. The volumes convey life as it was in the days of Shakespeare, King James, the Gunpowder Plot, and the dicoveries of Galileo.

This is the first volume in a set that provides a detailed and intimate account of the Elizabethan and Jacobean world picture. The volumes convey life as it was in the days of Shakespeare, King James, the Gunpowder Plot, and the dicoveries of Galileo.

First published in 1935, Queen Elizabeth and Her Subjects presents a comprehensive history of the Elizabethan Age. Most of the sketches in the book were with exception of the last, originally delivered as talks for the B.B.C. The main bulk of the book, Chapters II-IX, consists of the series on "Queen Elizabeth's Subjects" delivered in spring of 1934; of which Chapter III, V, VII and IX are by G, B. Harrison and the rest are by A.L. Rowse. It brings topics such as William Cecil and Lord Burghley; women of the Queen's court; Cardinal Allen; three Elizabethan actors: Alleyn, Richard Burbage and Will Kemp and The Elizabethan Age. This book is a must read for students and scholars of British history.

Shakespeare against the background of his times, his world of the theatre and his dramatic development through the last years of Elizabeth's reign. Originally published in 1933 and republished in 1958, this great work is an imagining, in plain narrative, of the life of Shakespeare backed with evidence of the history of the stage. Whatever wider significances modern critics distill from Shakespeare's plays, it remains an elementary fact that he wrote plays to interest and entertain his contemporaries and this book takes a look at the immediate interests of his audience and how his work responded to them.

First Published in 1999. This is Volume II of a collection of Elizabethan and Jacobean Journals from 1595 to 1598 and records 'those things most talked about during those years'.

First Published in 1999. This is Volume III of a collection of Elizabethan and Jacobean journals from 1591 to and 1610 and includes an Elizabethan journal, being a record of those things most talked of during the years 1599-1603.

First published in 1958. This is the final Volume V of a collection of Elizabethan and Jacobean journals from 1591 to and 1610 and includes an Elizabethan journal, being a record of those things most talked of during the years 1607-1610.

First Published in 1999. This is Volume I of a collection of Elizabethan and Jacobean journals from 1591 to and 1610 and includes an Elizabethan journal, being a record of those things most talked of during the years 1591-1594.

First published in 1951. G B Harrison here recognizes that Shakespeare's tragedies were intended for performance in a theatre and that the playwright's conspicuous gift among his contemporaries was a sympathy for joy and sorrow, pity and terror, and right and wrong of his people. The plays covered are: Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Troilus and Cressida, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus and Timon of Athens.

First published in 1928. This book collects together over one hundred sources by Elizabethan authors which show English life in English literature. Most of them have been selected as much to catch the atmosphere as the moods of the period, and come from the great Elizabethan writers who can transmit the essence of the time. A 'gallery of Elizabethan pictures' rather than a complete survey of life in Shakespeare's day, the spelling and punctuation have been modernized throughout. To enable those who wish to read the extracts in their context, references are given to the most accessible editions.

This isthe fourth volume in a set that provides a detailed and intimate account of the Elizabethan and Jacobean world picture. The volumes convey life as it was in the days of Shakespeare, King James, the Gunpowder Plot, and the dicoveries of Galileo.

Shakespeare against the background of his times, his world of the theatre and his dramatic development through the last years of Elizabeth's reign. Originally published in 1933 and republished in 1958, this great work is an imagining, in plain narrative, of the life of Shakespeare backed with evidence of the history of the stage. Whatever wider significances modern critics distill from Shakespeare's plays, it remains an elementary fact that he wrote plays to interest and entertain his contemporaries and this book takes a look at the immediate interests of his audience and how his work responded to them.

George Bagshawe Harrison (1894-1991) was a renowned scholar and critic who produced many books on Elizabethan and Jacobean literature. In this volume, originally published in 1924, Harrison provides a concise introduction to the development of Elizabethan drama. The text contains information on key figures and their contributions, together with analysis in a broader cultural context. Observations are reinforced by abundant quotation from plays, together with carefully selected illustrative material. This is a highly readable book that will be of value to anyone with an interest in dramatic criticism and the Elizabethan period.

The studies in this volume cover all aspects of Shakespearian scholarship. It begins with Shakespeare's biography, describes the theatres and companies of the time, and analyses Shakespeare's dramatic and poetic genius. There are also studies of his work in relation to the English spoken at the time, his use and knowledge of music, and his sources. Other essays cover the national and social background. A final group touches on the text of the plays, Shakespearian criticism and scholarship, and Shakespeare in the theatre.

This is a new release of the original 1924 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1923 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1929 edition.

ENGLAND IN SHAKESPEARES DAY G. B. HARRISON, M. A. LECTURER w ENGLISH LITERATURE AT KINGS COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF LONDOW 11 NEW YORK HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY CONTENTS INTRODUCTION . - ix SECTION I. TUK COURT OUR QUEEN Lyly . . i II QUEEN ELIZABETH ON PROGRESS . Lvly . . 3 III A LAMENT FOR SIR PHILIP SIDNEY Spenser ., 8 IV SIR PHILIP SIDNEY .... Greville . ., 10 V FULKE GREVILLES EPITAPH n VI THE DEATH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH Carey ... 1 1 VII SIR ROBERT CAREYS RIDE, Cany . . 13 VIII THE CHARACTER OF KING JAMES Howard, ., 15 IX THK OVKUBURV MURDER . . tiaooti, . . 18 X Tim MARRIAGE OF PRINCESS ELIZAUBTH Anon, ... 23 XI ON ins MISTRESS, THE QUEEN OF BOHEMIA Wotton, . 28 XII THE RASCAL MULTITUDE, . Harrison, . 29 SECTION IL THE SERVICE OF TIJIC SJAU Shakespeare . . 31 II MACHIAVEL Marlowe . . 32 III THE TROUBLES OF STATECRAFT . 34 V AN INNS OF COURT MAN, Qverbwy ., jf VI THE LAST FIGHT OF THE REVENGE Kalegh ... 37 VII AN AMBASSADORS LETTER ., Winwood, 4 VIII KAISING RECRUITS -. 4 . Shakespeare, 45 IX DRittiNG THE TKAIN-BANDS, Bwmwnttwd Fletcher, 50 X SEDITIONS AND TROUBLES, r VI ENGLAND IN SHAKESPEARES DAY XI CANKERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH Anon. XII A FALSE ALARM Chamberlain XIII AN APPEAL FOR UNITY . . . Shakespeare, I II III IV V VI VII VIII SECTION III. EDUCATION AND YOUTH PARSON AND SCHOOLMASTER Music IN THE SCHOOL CURRICU LUM . IN THE SCHOOLROOM .... A LESSON IN ACTING THE IDEAL STUDENT RULES FOR BEHAVIOUR AT THE UNIVERSITY REVELS AT GRAYS INN ., THE WOES OF A PRIVATE TUTOR . ALCHEMISTS JARGON .... THE PATHWAY TO PREFERMENT . Shakespeare PACK 53 57 60 SECTION IV. TRAVEL AND TRADE SECTION V. LONDON LIFE I PAULS WALK .., , II THE NIP AND THE Foist . . JII QUACKS ....... IV THE BARBER ANDHis WAYS, Lyfy . V THE WATCH, Dskker VI THE WICKEDNESS OF BAIXAB SINGERS ., .., . Grains 115 117 U9 lax 134 126 CONTENTS vii VII BARTHOLOMEW FAIR .... Stow . . . 128 VIII IN THE TAVERN Heywood . . . 129 IX THE EIGHT KINDS OF DRUNKEN NESS NasJie . . . 130 X THE HORRORS OF PLAGUE . . Dekker . . . 131 XI A MORALISTS OBJECTION TO PLAYS Gosson . . . 132 XII A SCHOLARS OBJECTION TO PLAYS Sidney . . . 134 XIII A DEFENCE OF PLAYS . . . Nashe, . . 136 XIV THE PLAYGOER Marston . . . 138 XV A BOY ACTOR . . Jonson . . . 138 XVI PUBLICS, WHO LOVED BEAR-BAITING Davies . . . 139 XVII AN EXECUTION Anon. ., . 140 XVIII A BALLAD Deloney ., . 143 SECTION VI. COUNTRY LIFE I INNOVATIONS Harrison . . . 148 II OF GARDENS ...... Bacon . . . 150 IU Swimrr ANKOR, IN ARDEN, Drayton ., . 154 IV THE SCENT OF MOTHER EARTH. Browns . ., . 155 V POOR WAT ..... Shakespeare . . 156 VI THE SIMPLE LIFE Campion . . 157 VII COURT LIFE AND COUNTRY LIFE . Shakespeare . 158 VIII ENGLISH INNS Moryson . . . 160 IX COUNTRY RECRUATIONS ., Mwhham, . 163 2C THE PERFECT ANGLER . ., Mwtkham . . 165 XI EATING AND DRINKING . ., Harrison . .168 XII ENCLOSURES FOR SHEEP FARMING Bastard . . . 171 SECTION VII. MATTERS OF RELIGION I THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, . Harrison ., 72 II SIMONY W cver ... 173 III THE CHARACTER OF A CHURCH PAHST, ., ., .. Earle . . . . 173 IV THE SPANISH INQUISITION . . Haslston, 174 V THE ENGLISH COLLEGE AT ROME Mmiday, 179 VI A SEMINARY PRIEST, . ., Dehksr, . 83 Vjtl THE DANGKRB OF THE PURITAN MOVEMENT, , . Hooker, . 83 VJII Tim PURITAN AT BARTHOLOMEW FAIR Jonson ., . 185 IX HORROE OF IlEtt FIRE, . Grsens ., . 188 viii ENGLAND IN SHAKESPEARES DAY X HORROR OF HELL FIRE . . Dehker . . XI THE SPIRITS CALLED THE FAIRYKing James . . 191 XII A WISE WOMAN ..... Chettle . . 93 XIII EVIL SPIRITS AVAUNT . . . Spenser . . 195 SECTION VIII. MEN OF LETTERS 1 A DEFENCE OF THE ENGLISH TONGUE ....... Mulcaster . . 196 n THE PATRON AND THE POET . Anon. ... 198 III THE POET AT WORK .... Dekker . . . 199 IV LITERARY SOCIETY IN DUBLIN . Bryshett . . 200 V THE MERMAID TAVERN . . . Beaumont . . 203 VI A POT POET ...... Earle .... 206 VII To MY BOOKSELLER .... Jonson . . ...

This volume contains the Old English manuscript of the wonderful discovery of witches in the county of Lancaster, with the arraignment and trial of nineteen notorious witches at the Assizes and general Gaole deliuerie, held at the Castle of Lancaster in August 1612, before Sir James Altham, and Sir Edward Bromley, knights; Barons of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer: and Justices of Assize, Oyer and Terminor, and general Gaole deliuerie in the circuit of North Parts. Together with the arraignment and trial of Jennet Preston, at the Assizes held at the Castle of Yorke with her execution for the murder of Master Lister by witchcraft.