The Elizabethan Renaissance: The Life of the Society - Softcover

The Elizabethan Renaissance is created in such brilliant color and clarity that the reader can never forget it.--Irving Stone

Rowse makes dry bones not only live, but dance.... It is delightful that so exalted a historian should also accept human nature so happily.--Rebecca West

Everything you always wanted to know about Elizabethan England but were afraid to ask...a thorough snapshot of the time.--Library Journal

So tightly packed with fascinating facts and fresh material that anyone at all seriously interested in Elizabethan England should delight in it.--The New York Times

In this volume, Mr. Rowse portrays the life of the body and mind, including food and sanitation, sports and clothing, customs and beliefs, witchcraft and astrology.