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This is a landing page to other sites on the Web with good historical resources for ''Magonomia'' GMs and players.
The following nonfiction books, websites, and documentaries are recommended by members of the ''Magonomia'' fan community. Please feel free to edit this page to add.
 
Resources are organized according to topic, without regard to media type (book, film, podcast, etc.)


== Everyday Life ==
== Everyday Life ==
:[http://elizabethan.org/compendium/index.html Life in Elizabethan England: A Compendium of Common Knowledge]: This site seems to be focused on the middle and upper classes, but then, so is ''Magonomia''.


[[Category:Social History]]
* [http://elizabethan.org/compendium/index.html Life in Elizabethan England: A Compendium of Common Knowledge] (website)
 
* Goodman, Ruth. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1253305865 How to Be a Tudor - a Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life.]'' New York, US: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2021. Print.
 
* Kaufmann, Miranda. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1052880772 Black Tudors.]'' , 2018. Print.
 
* Mortimer, Ian, and Bob Venables. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1091649021 The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England]''. , 2018.
 
* Teysko, Heather. [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/renaissance-english-history-podcast-a-show-about/id326093823 Renaissance English History Podcast: A Show About the Tudors] (podcast)
 
* Orme, Nicolas. ''Lapham's Quarterly''. [https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/rules-games-tudor-england The Rules of the Games in Tudor England] (website)
 
== Politics, Nobility, and the Court ==
 
* Ridgeway, Claire. [https://tudorhistory.podbean.com/ Tudor History with Claire Ridgeway] (podcast)
 
== Places of Interest ==
* [[Settlements of Enchanted England]]
 
* Morris, Sarah and Brewell, Phillipa. ''[https://thetudortravelshow.podbean.com/ The Tudor History and Travel Show]'' ([https://thetudortravelshow.podbean.com/ podcast] and [https://thetudortravelguide.com/recent-posts-2/ blog]).
 
== History of Magic and the Occult ==
* Bailey, Michael D. ''[https://www.worldcat.org/title/magic-and-superstition-in-europe-a-concise-history-from-antiquity-to-the-present/oclc/263437745&referer=brief_results Magic and Superstition in Europe: A Concise History from Antiquity to the Present.]'' Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007. Print.
 
== Historical Maps ==
[[File:John Speed - Map of Nottingham 1610.gif|thumb|John Speed - Map of Nottingham 1610]]
The ''Magonomia'' core rulebook has a map that's designed as an orientation, but isn't very detailed. If you're interested in historical detail and accuracy, you'll almost certainly need supplemental maps from the internet.
 
=== Map Compilations ===
 
* [https://www.oldmapsonline.org/ Old Maps Online] is a worldwide collection of digitized historical maps, designed to be viewed online
* [https://sites.oxy.edu/horowitz/home/johnspeed/ John Speed maps] at Occidental College
* [https://maps.lib.utexas.edu/maps/united_kingdom.html UK Historical Maps] from the Perry-Castanada Library , University of Texas (public domain)
** The [https://maps.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/colbeck/england_wars_of_the_roses.jpg England in the Wars of the Roses] map is especially useful if you ignore the battle sites and just look at the major towns, cities, and rivers.
 
=== Maps of London ===


== Timelines ==
* [https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/agas.htm The Agas map] online, a digital version of surveyor Ralph Agas' map from 1561
* [https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/233336/Elizabethan-Adventures-London-Map Elizabethan Adventures London Map], paid download on DriveThruRPG
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copperplate_map_of_London The copperplate map of London], surveyed 1553-1559, is excellent though incomplete.


Not an “other site”, but an internal link to one [[What happened When|ideosycratic view]] of events over many time scales leading to and covering the era of ‘’Magonomia’’.
== Related Pages ==
* [[Historical Magic]]
* [[Timelines]]


== Historical Figures ==


Figures from history who might populate your ''Magonomia'' games.
[[Category:History]]

Latest revision as of 16:41, 20 November 2023

The following nonfiction books, websites, and documentaries are recommended by members of the Magonomia fan community. Please feel free to edit this page to add.

Resources are organized according to topic, without regard to media type (book, film, podcast, etc.)

Everyday Life

Politics, Nobility, and the Court

Places of Interest

History of Magic and the Occult

Historical Maps

John Speed - Map of Nottingham 1610

The Magonomia core rulebook has a map that's designed as an orientation, but isn't very detailed. If you're interested in historical detail and accuracy, you'll almost certainly need supplemental maps from the internet.

Map Compilations

Maps of London

Related Pages