More questions about Renaissance society
City life
- What was the cost of living in Elizabethan times?
- What of loans and interest, and charges of "usury"?
- How did people go shopping before malls?*
- What kinds of work were there in the city?*
- How did the Elizabethans brew beer?
- What was Falstaff's favourite drink?
- Was there much unemployment in Shakespeare's time?
- What was the attitude to beggars?
- How was mental illness treated?
- Were there blacks like Othello in Shakespeare's London?
- Was Shylock's treatment by the Venetians unusual?
- Was there much drinking and gambling?*
- What was the attitude to prostitution and brothels?
And more questions about society.
Footnotes
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Were there blacks like Othello in Shakespeare's London?
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What kinds of work were there in the city?
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Was there much drinking and gambling?
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