Elizabethan History

Elizabethan peasant history is often looked over in literature in favor of the upper classes (who, in the defense of those who write about history, were better documented at the time). Some very fine historians have picked through what literature we have to bring us fine collections of cited information focused on the lives and world of peasants - they've separated the wheat from the chaff for us and offer great historical references.

Muddy Girls

These references are offered here in total, and over time will be pulled out in sections for people seeking specific information.

(1) Peasant Village Life (PDF)
(2) Working The Land (PDF)
(3) Wigston Digested (PDF)
Commoners Knowledge 1.1 (PDF)

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