Index

accidental injuries here, here, here

aconitine here, here

actors here, here, here, here, here, here, here

acting styles here

swordfights here, here

Agincourt, battle of here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

air embolism here

alcoholism here, here, here

All’s Well That Ends Well here, here, here, here, here, here

Antony and Cleopatra here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

apothecaries here, here, here

arrow injuries here, here, here, here

arsenic here, here, here, here

artistic licence here

As You Like It here, here, here, here, here

asphyxia here, here, here, here, here

atropine here, here

attitudes to death here, here, here

audiences here, here, here, here, here, here

The Battle of Alcazar here, here, here

bear attacks here

bear-baiting here, here, here, here, here

Beaumont, Francis here

beheading here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

benefit of clergy here, here

benefit of the womb here

bleeding to death here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

blood

circulation of here

congealed here, here

pooling here, here, here, here, here

as a theatre prop here, here

body parts as theatre props here

boiling here

Bosworth, battle of here

brain here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

breathing here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

burials here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

burning

by lightning strikes here, here, here

as punishment here, here

cadaveric spasms here

Caesarean section here

cancer here

cannabalism here

carbon monoxide poisoning here

Cardenio here, here

carphologia here

cause of death here

determination here, here, here, here

records here

ceruse here

Chapman, George here

child mortality here

childbirth here, here, here, here, here, here

cirrhosis of the liver here

The Comedy of Errors here, here, here, here, here

Coriolanus here, here, here, here, here, here, here

costumes here

crimes

punishments here

pardons for here, here

crushing here, here

curare here

cyanide here, here

cyanosis here, here

Cymbeline here, here, here, here, here

Davenant, Sir William here, here

death masks here

death process here, here

death rattle here, here

death sentence here, here

decay here

definitions of death here

dehydration here

Dekker, Thomas here, here, here

delirium here, here, here, here

diarrhoea here, here

dismemberment here, here

doctors, physicians and surgeons here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

drawing and quartering here, here, here, here

Drayton, Michael here

dropsy here

drowning here, here, here, here

The Duchess of Malfi here, here

duelling here, here, here

dysentery here, here, here, here, here

ebony here, here, here

Edward III, King here, here, here

Edward III here, here, here, here

Edward IV, King here, here

Edward V, King here

Edward of Westminster, Prince here, here

Elizabeth I, Queen here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

ergot here

erysipelas here

executions here, here, here, here, here

eyeballs, fake here

eyes here, here, here, here, here

facial injuries here, here

fainting here

fake death here

falls here

fencing here, here, here

fire, theatres destroyed by here

fleas here, here, here, here, here

flesh, pound of here

Fletcher, John here, here, here

food poisoning here

food shortages here, here

frenzy here

friars and monks here, here, here, here, here, here

gangrene here

gibbeting here

Globe Theatre here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

gonorrhoea here

Greene, Robert here, here, here, here

grief here, here, here

guaiac wood here, here, here

Gunpowder Plot here, here

haemorrhage here, here, here, here

Hall, John here, here

hallucinations here, here, here

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

hanging here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

hanging in chains see gibbeting

hantavirus here

Harfleur, siege of here, here, here

Harvey, William here, here

head, blow to the here, here

heads, decapitated here, here, here

heart and cardiac deaths here, here, here, here, here, here, here

hellebore here

hemlock here, here

henbane here

Henry IV, King here, here, here

Henry IV here, here

Part I here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

Part II here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

Henry V, King here, here, here, here; see also Agincourt, battle of

Henry V here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

Henry VI, King here, here, here

Henry VI here, here, here, here, here

Part I here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

Part II here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

Part III here, here, here, here, here, here

Henry VII, King here

Henry VIII, King here, here

Henry VIII, Or All Is True here, here, here, here, here, here, here

Holinshed’s Chronicles here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

hypercarbia here

hypothermia here, here

imprisonment here, here, here, here, here

infanticide here

influenza here, here, here

James I, King here, here, here

The Jew of Malta here, here

John, King here, here

Jonson, Ben here, here, here, here, here, here

Julius Caesar here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

King John here, here, here, here, here, here, here

King Lear here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

King’s Men here, here

Kyd, Thomas here, here, here, here, here

legal processes here

leprosy here, here, here, here, here

Lichtenburg figures here

life expectancy here, here

lightning here

London

crowding and insanitary conditions here

Great Stone Gate here, here, here, here

plague epidemics here, here

see also theatres

Lord Chamberlain’s Men here, here, here, here

A Lover’s Complaint here, here

Love’s Labour’s Lost here, here, here, here

lye here, here

Macbeth, King of Scots here

Macbeth here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

madness here, here, here, here

malaria here, here

malnutrition here, here

mandragora here

Marlowe, Christopher here, here, here, here, here, here, here

Marston, John here

Measure for Measure here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

medical treatments here, here, here, here, here, here

medicines here, here, here, here, here, here

The Merchant of Venice here, here, here, here, here

mercury here, here, here, here

mercy here

The Merry Wives of Windsor here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

Middleton, Thomas here, here, here, here, here, here

A Midsummer Night’s Dream here, here, here, here, here

midwives and wise women here, here, here, here, here

mob violence here

mortality statistics here, here, here

Much Ado about Nothing here, here, here

murder here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

Nashe, Thomas here, here, here, here, here

Othello, the Moor of Venice here, here, here, here, here, here, here

pain relief here, here

pain threshold here, here

pallor here, here, here

palsy here

Peasants’ Revolt here

Peele, George here, here, here

Pericles, Prince of Tyre here, here, here, here, here, here, here

perimortem here

peritonitis here

personal hygiene here, here, here

petechiae here

The Phoenix and the Turtle here

plague here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; see also theatre closures

play length, time restrictions on here

pneumothorax here

poems here, here, here, here, here, here

poisons and poisoning here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

population here, here

pox see syphilis

pressing see crushing

Princes in the Tower see Edward V, King and Richard of Shrewsbury

props here, here, here, here

prostitutes here, here, here, here, here

pulse here, here, here, here, here, here

rape here, here

The Rape of Lucrece here, here

revenge here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

revival from apparent death here; see also fake death

Richard II, King here, here, here, here

Richard II here, here, here, here, here, here, here

Richard III, King here

Richard III here, here, here

Richard of Shrewsbury here

rigor mortis here, here, here

risus sardonicus here

Romeo and Juliet here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

scarlet fever here, here

scoliosis here

scrofula here

self-harming here

sepsis here

septic shock here, here

Shakespeare, William

birth and early life here, here

coat of arms here, here

companies and theatres here, here, here, here, here

education here

family, marriage and children here, here, here, here, here, here

leaving Stratford for London here

return to Stratford, death and burial here

Shakespeare’s works

collaborations here, here, here

disputed authorship here

First Folio here

shock here

signs of death here

Sir Thomas More here

skin changes here

sleep conditions here

smallpox here, here, here

smells, foul here, here

snakebite here, here

soldiers here, here, here, here, here

Sonnets here, here, here

The Spanish Tragedy here

stabbings here, here, here, here, here, here

starvation here, here, here, here

strangulation here, here, here

street fights here, here, here, here

stress here, here, here

strokes here, here, here

strychnine here

suffocation here, here, here

suicide here, here, here

swallowing fire here

sweating sickness here, here, here

swelling here, here, here

sword fighting here, here, here, here, here, here, here

sword injuries here, here

syphilis here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

The Taming of the Shrew here, here, here

The Tempest here, here, here, here, here

tetanus here

tetrodotoxin (TTX) here

theatre closures here, here, here, here, here, here, here

theatre companies here, here, here, here, here, here, here

theatres here

thrombosis here

Timon of Athens here, here, here, here

Titus Andronicus here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

tourniquets here, here

Troilus and Cressida here, here, here, here, here

tuberculosis here, here, here, here

Twelfth Night, Or What You Will here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

Two Gentlemen of Verona here, here

The Two Noble Kinsmen here, here, here

typhoid here, here, here, here

uremia here

urination, painful here, here

urine here, here

urinoscopy here

vagal reflex here

venom here, here, here, here, here

Venus and Adonis here, here

vomiting here, here, here, here, here, here, here

war here

Watson, Thomas here

weather here

Webster, John here, here, here

Wilkins, George here

The Winter’s Tale here, here, here, here, here, here, here

witches and witchcraft here, here, here, here, here

wounds

infected here

re-opening here

sucking here, here

yaws here

yew here