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Life in the Seveenteenth Century - Part 1- Being a brief background on everyday English life for use in living history From ECW Notes & Queries (Caliver Books/Partizan Press)
Birth and Education - Part 1 of 4 - Being historical background for portrayals in camp to the public By Clive & Lynn Simpson ('ECW Notes & Queries' - Caliver Books/Partizan Press)
Birth and Education - Part 2 of 4 - Being historical background for portrayals in camp to the public By Clive & Lynn Simpson ('ECW Notes & Queries' - Caliver Books/Partizan Press)
Song of a Goodwife, 1645 - Being period prose of the Civil War by Heather Chandler
Recipe: Boiled Mutton with lemons From The Good Huswife's Handmaid, 1594
Recipe: Stewed Beef Kenelme Digbie, 1669
Recipe: Chicken with Herbs and Meatballs From The Dutch Table by Gillian Riley
The World is Turned Upside Down, 1646 Being a period ballad, bewailing Parliament's ban on Christmas-
Christ-tide in the New Worlde - Being a discourse on how Christmas was celebrated in the Colonies from ECWSA collections
Holidaye Treats - Being period Christmas cookies for your holiday feasting
Apparitions And the Battle of Poyntington, 3rd June 1644 Originally appearing in 'ECW Notes & Queries'(Caliver Books/Partizan Press)
Christmas Decorations- Being a discourse on Evergreens and other decorations From ECWSA collections
Holiday Foods- Being several period holiday dishes associated in popular imagination with Stuart England From ECWSA collections