Shakespeare's London Porter Stephen
Shakespeare's London Porter Stephen Everyday life in the teeming metropolis during William Shakespeare's time in the city. From contemporary letters, journals and diaries, a vivid picture emerges of…
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Shakespeare's London Porter Stephen
Everyday life in the teeming metropolis during William Shakespeare's time in the city. From contemporary letters, journals and diaries, a vivid picture emerges of this fascinating city, with its many opportunities and also its persistent problems. 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.
It had a vigorous economy, with a range of industries and a lucrative trade in luxury goods for the courtiers and wealthy citizens. 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. 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