Shakespeare A to Z | Craftworkers
Craftworkers made up a vibrant part of the ebb and flow of Elizabethan society—its commerce and manufacturing, its capacity to provide for the needs and luxuries of everyday life. Throughout England the clamor of these skilled laborers could be heard—from the ringing of the blacksmith’s hammer as it struck the anvil, to the whirring of the spinner’s wheel, to the shuffling of the bookbinder’s press. Pungent chemical smells emerged from the leather worker’s shop, and the scents of beeswax and animal fat wafted out of the candle maker’s store. Each day apprentices spilled from...
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