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I'm mostly interested in the daily life of people living in Ireland or London in the mid- 17th Century, what they wore, ate, said even what the insides of their houses looked like.

2007-02-22 06:09:43 · 2 answers · asked by Julie F. 1 in Society & Culture Royalty

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That's a huge subject; I recommend you acquire Liza Picard's "Dr Johnson's London", which gives fascinating insights into people's lives in the 18th century. It describes manners, dress, homes, sewage - everything you need to know! Subjects also include the way people spoke and how they curtsied/bowed. She has written other books as well, covering other eras:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?search-alias=books-uk&field-keywords=liza%20picard&lposid=u7-6591032-1,C,1655

Meanwhile, here is a good site for costume:
http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/costhistpage.htm

Other helpful sites:
http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Georgian_index.htm
http://www.ancientworlds.net/aw/Group/385454
http://www.erasofelegance.com/history/georgianlife.html
http://www.georgianindex.net/read.html (some links here)

I hope this is adequate for a start!

2007-02-22 11:19:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

1. First you need to properly understand the terminology that you use.
a) "Georgian" - the Georgian era refers to the reigns of Georges I, II, III and IV, and thus the period from 1714 to 1830.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_period
b) "1690" - the starting date that you quote, was during the reign of William and Mary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_and_mary
c) "Mid-17th century" - this refers to an even earlier period, specifically around 1650. This was a time when England was a republic, known as the Commonwealth of England.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_England
d) "England" - whilst London is part of England, Ireland has never been so.

2. So, you want to know about clothes, diet, speech and interior design, eh? I'm going to assume 18th century England. Here are some websites ....
a) Clothes
(i) Museum of Costume, Bath
http://www.museumofcostume.co.uk/
(ii) Victoria & Albert Museum
http://www.vam.ac.uk/
(iii) English Country Dancing
http://www.englishcountrydancing.org/clothing2.html
b) Diet
(i) Great British Kitchen
http://www.greatbritishkitchen.co.uk/eh_index.htm
(ii) British Embassy in Washington DC
http://www.britainusa.com/sections/articles_show_nt1.asp?d=10&i=41079&L1=41013&L2=41079&L3=1&a=28921
(iii) University of Michigan
http://www.umich.edu/~ece/student_projects/food/foods.htm
c) Speech
(i) Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum
http://www.lichfield.gov.uk/sjmuseum/
(ii) University of Toronto
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~cpercy/
(iii) Oz Ideas & Innovations
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozideas/spfree17c.htm
d) Interior design
(i) Geffrye Museum
http://www.geffrye-museum.org.uk/
(ii) Wallace Collection
http://www.wallacecollection.org/newsite/public/
(iii) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ench/hd_ench.htm

2007-02-22 12:21:31 · answer #2 · answered by ♫ Rum Rhythms ♫ 7 · 2 0

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