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See museum artifacts of 16th century dental tools, examples of fashionable toothpicks made of gold, pearls, and jewels, and paintings of visiting the dentist from Shakespeare's lifetime, all inside the Detailed Show Notes for this week's episode. Click the patrons button to login and expand all the extras. https://buff.ly/3YsvALB
In Alls Well That Ends Well, Shakespeare makes fun of people wearing their toothpick as a clothing accessory When Parolles says, “virginity…wears her cap out of fashion…like the broach and the toothpick” | IMG: 16thC man wearing a toothpick around his neck | attr. Alessandro Oliviero (1500-1544) | https://buff.ly/3YsvALB
NEW EPISODE: Toothbrushes, pastes, mouth washes, and barber surgeons were all part of good teeth care in Shakespeare’s lifetime. https://buff.ly/4dkHKdQ
Widows were a different category of single woman, as typically widows were well received in society and offered accommodations, a charitable perspective often not extended to single women of independent means. https://buff.ly/4fnh51P
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Single, adult, women (not counting widows) made up over 50% of the population in London during Shakespeare's lifetime, and more than 40% in some surrounding towns. https://buff.ly/4fnh51P
What is a "kecksie" from Shakespeare's Henry V? Find out now on
is LIVE this week, and we're looking at "kecksies" from Shakespeare's Henry V. Here's what it means.
25 was the generally, culturally accepted, age for a woman to get married in Shakespeare's lifetime. Anne Hathaway was actually right on par with her age at marriage. It was William who was younger than what's typical for the period. https://buff.ly/4fnh51P
NEW EPISODE: Women could support themselves financially in the 16-17th century, and some women chose to do so on purpose. Explore the world of all the single ladies of Shakespeare's lifetime including widows, spinsters, and old maids, with our guest https://buff.ly/4fnh51P
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The term atheist, defined “denies the existence of God” is first recorded in 1566 & again in 1571. Arthur Golding is credited with the 1571 use of the word, when he translated John Calvin's commentaries from Latin. https://buff.ly/3SehkSX
Demonstrating the multiple definitions for the word "Atheist" in the 16thC, John Calvin--famous father of the Protestant Reformation--was accused of being an atheist. The word came to be a broadly applied pejorative, not always indicating one's religion. https://buff.ly/3SehkSX
Want to explore more indepth history about 16th -17th century atheism while you listen to our podcast this week? Dive into the Detailed show notes for portraits, primary documents, museum artifacts, and more. Here's what's inside for this week: https://buff.ly/3SehkSX
It's time for here on and we're looking at "Gaultree Forest" as used by Lord Hastings in Shakespeare's Henry IV Part 2.
Lucilio Vanini was an atheist. He was born in 1585, he travelled a great deal, and after spreading his writings in England in 1614, was imprisoned for his ideas. He was eventually put to death for blasphemy in 1619. https://buff.ly/3SehkSX
NEW EPISODE: Here today to discuss the real people from Shakespeare’s lifetime who were atheists, the punishment if your belief system were found out, and the role of playing companies in spreading atheism is our guest, Peter Herman https://buff.ly/3SehkSX
While the game of golf may have side-swiped England during Shakespeare's lifetime, it was very popular in Scotland and France, including among famous contemporaries of the bard like Mary Queen of Scots and King James I of England. That's why we're exploring "Did Shakespeare Play Golf?" right now, on https://buff.ly/46VGY4O
One famous strange death is that of Amy Robsart, wife of Robert Dudley, who fell down the stairs (potentially freeing her husband to marry the Queen). The coroner's report doesn't help the scandal because it was unclear. It declares the death an accident, but mentions injuries to her head whose cause is unclear. https://buff.ly/4djxC5d
Definitely my favorite report from Steven website is that of a “1569 coroner’s report...describing the death of one Jane Shaxspere, who drowned aged two-and-a-half while picking marigolds in Upton Warren, only 20 miles from Shakespeare’s childhood home at Stratford-upon-Avon.” https://buff.ly/4djxC5d
It's time for here on and we're looking at "Malt-Horse," used twice by Shakespeare, both times as an insult to people.
One famous coroner from Shakespeare's lifetime is named William Danby. He is famous for having investigated the death of Christopher Marlowe, and controversially concluding Ingram Frizer was innocent on the grounds of self defense. https://buff.ly/4bGuoaG
NEW EPISODE: People died in strange ways in the 16thC. Steven Gunn has done considerable research into the weird ways people died as well as the details of the office of coroner whose job it was to investigate and catalog these events to determine foul play. https://buff.ly/4djxC5d
Big shift for the way we're doing some things on the channel. I'm saying goodbye to a few things (and hello to some others) Find out what's up, right now on https://buff.ly/4cpjmXH
Universalis Cosmographia, Waldseemüller’s 1507 world map, which was the first to show the Americas separate from Asia. https://buff.ly/3xR5x67
This drawing of the world was published in 1508, and based on maps from 1492. It is called The Lenox Globe, by B.F. De Costa | On it, North America is entirely missing, which is one possible reason Columbus could have thought he could set sail from Europe and would land in the East Indies. https://buff.ly/3xR5x67
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It's time for here on and we're looking at "John a Dreams" that Shakespeare is credited with inventing in his play, Hamlet.
The first English printed celestial globe was made by Emery Molyneux in 1592. He connected with a man named Sanderson, who financed the making of a pair of globes to promote English maritime enterprise. In this week's show, our guest Sylvia Sumira explains why he wanted two globes instead of one. https://buff.ly/3xR5x67
NEW EPISODE: The first Englishman to create a spherical globe published it in 1592, just 7 years before William Shakespeare chose “The Globe” as the name for his newly relocated circular theater in Southwark. Learn more with our guest, Sylvia Sumira https://buff.ly/3xR5x67
See historical records on rules for garbage management, proclamations for who was responsible for cleaning up, and how muck heaps were a source of revenue for the borough, all inside the Detailed Show Notes this week. https://buff.ly/3Y1YaDk
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It's time for #WeirdWordWednesday and this week, we're looking at the word "closet" and to quote Inigo Montoya, I do not think it means what you think it means. Find out why this ordinary word makes our list of weird words right now on #ThatShakespeareLife Subscribe on YouTube for more weird words every Wednesday. http://www.youtube.com/@thatshakespearelife
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We had a fun day downtown Birmingham Red Mountain Makers playing with swords! Ok, we were playing, but we did get to make one! Coming soon to That Shakespeare Life YouTube channel- we’re working with Kenneth Spivey to make a 17th century sword just like what would have existed for Shakespeare. (Kenneth worked on the Avengers movies and sold an infinity gauntlet he made to Adam Savage). My son, Elliot of #CashCreates (also on YouTube) was my film crew for today, and we had a blast! Can’t wait to get this edited and onto the channel. 💥💕🎥 Follow for more! This episode will land in a few weeks (it is quite a job to make a sword, you know!) #History #Alabama #AlabamaShakespeare #ThatShakespeareLife
We had a fun day downtown Birmingham Red Mountain Makers playing with swords! Ok, we were playing, but we did get to make one! Coming soon to That Shakespeare Life YouTube channel- we’re working with Kenneth Spivey to make a 17th century sword just like what would have existed for Shakespeare. (Kenneth worked on the Avengers movies and an infinity gauntlet he made went to Adam Savage- hes a super cool guy). Elliot #CashCreates (also on YouTube) was my film crew for today, and we had a blast! Can’t wait to get this edited and onto the channel. 💥💕🎥 Follow for more! This episode will land in a few weeks (it is quite a job to make a sword, you know!) #History #Alabama #AlabamaShakespeare #ThatShakespeareLife
