Recommended Historical Resources

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

• Life in Elizabethan England: A Compendium of Common Knowledge (website)

• Goodman, Ruth. How to Be a Tudor - a Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life. New York, US: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2021. Print.

• Kaufmann, Miranda. Black Tudors. , 2018. Print.

• Mortimer, Ian, and Bob Venables. The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England. , 2018.

• Teysko, Heather. Renaissance English History Podcast: A Show About the Tudors (podcast)

• Orme, Nicolas. Lapham's Quarterly. The Rules of the Games in Tudor England (website)

Politics, Nobility, and the Court

• Ridgeway, Claire. Tudor History with Claire Ridgeway (podcast)

Places of Interest

• Settlements of Enchanted England

• Morris, Sarah and Brewell, Phillipa. The Tudor History and Travel Show (podcast and blog).

History of Magic and the Occult

• Bailey, Michael D. Magic and Superstition in Europe: A Concise History from Antiquity to the Present. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007. Print.

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

• Old Maps Online is a worldwide collection of digitized historical maps, designed to be viewed online
• UK Historical Maps from the Perry-Castanada Library , University of Texas (public domain)
  • The 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

• The Agas map online, a digital version of surveyor Ralph Agas' map from 1561
• Elizabethan Adventures London Map, paid download on DriveThruRPG

Related Pages

• Historical Magic
• Timelines