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		<title>Gaming and Gambling &#8211; The Game of the Goose</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 19:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hello all! It has been a while, but welcome back to our Gaming and Gambling series, where we look at games, sports and activities that were found in the Elizabethan culture. Today, we journey back to explore one of Europe&#8217;s earliest and most enduring board games: The Game of the Goose. A Glimpse into History [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Finding a Spouse in Elizabethan England</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2025 20:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By and large, people in Elizabethan England expected, and were expected, to marry. Naturally, there were exceptions: Elizabeth herself famously never took a husband, and the lowest orders of society were not considered up to the task of marrying and keeping their own households. But in general, marriage was a typical part of an Elizabethan’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Unwrapping the Traditions: Exploring the Elizabethan 12 Days of Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2024 18:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The holiday season, a time of joy, festivities, and traditions, has been celebrated in various ways throughout history. One intriguing aspect of Christmas is the tradition of the &#8220;12 Days of Christmas,&#8221; a period of merriment and revelry that dates back centuries. In this blog post, we&#8217;ll embark on a journey to the Elizabethan era [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Elizabethan Ireland as Seen by Elizabethan England</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2022 15:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It is widely known that Ireland was, at least nominally, under the control of England in the sixteenth century, and indeed for several centuries prior and for several centuries following.  It is also generally understood that many Irish took issue with English control and resisted it.  Beyond this, sixteenth-century Ireland typically remains hazy in the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Neuf Preuses: Chivalry and Femininity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2022 16:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this age of perpetual mainstream comic book-inspired media, it’s very unlikely that you haven’t come across listicles or memes which ponder the question of, “if you could assemble a team of heroes across brands and publishers, who would you pick?” Comic book fans have spent countless hours concocting lists and debating the merits and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>We March on our stomachs- Wassail</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2021 17:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Wassail&#8221;, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, originated from the Old Norse saluatation, ves heill, literally meaning &#8220;be in good health&#8221; or &#8220;be fortunate&#8221;. The history of Wassail in England begins first as a drinking phrase, found in a manuscript from 1275 that says &#8211; Þat freond sæiðe to freonde&#8230;Leofue freond wæs hail Þe oðer [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Defining Witchcraft in Elizabethan England</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2021 02:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There are many stock characters from “olden days” that regularly crop up in popular culture: the dirty peasant, the foppish aristocrat, the cynical priest, etc.&#160; Among the most popular of these quasi-historical archetypes is the witch.&#160; Sometimes witches appear alongside pumpkins and spider webs as seasonal décor.&#160; They are often cast as central figures, whether [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Levied Troops and Levied Taxes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2021 14:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Levied Troops and Levied Taxes: Military Bureaucracy and Logistics in Elizabethan England The sixteenth century was, famously, a period of great martial change for Europe.  Pikemen ended the unquestioned dominance of heavy cavalry, firearms replaced bows, and siege artillery forced an evolution in military architecture.  In England, however, the reign of Queen Elizabeth I underwent [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>GAMING AND GAMBLING: Nine Men&#8217;s Morris</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2021 13:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Continuing our series Gaming and Gambling, we will walk you through how to play a two player strategy game dating back to at least the Roman Empire, that can be played with children as young as 5 and upward. Nine Men&#8217;s Morris is a strategy game that also is known as nine-men morris, mill, merrills [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Gaming and Gambling : Teetotum</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2021 01:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We begin our newest blog series GAMING AND GAMBLING with one of the Trayn&#8217;d Bandes members, Elizabeth Willer discussing and explaining one of the oldest games in existence and even better&#8230;how to make your own. Taking into account all the games that have ever existed in history, there are a few common elements that have [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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