FACTOID #53: If you thought Antarctica was inhospitable, think again - its land area is only ninety-eight percent ice. Reassuringly, the other 2% is categorised as "barren rock".
The term Jacobean refers to a period in English history that coincides with the reign of James I (1603 – 1625). Don't confuse "Jacobean" with Jacobin, a cognate word for a faction in the French Revolution, or with Jacobian, a mathematical term.
JacobeanEngland’s Moll Cutpurse was a woman ahead of her time who became a notorious legend of 17th century London, the so-called “governess of the underworld” and the subject of a 1611 comedy by Middleton and Dekker.
She wore pants, smoked in public, and was a pickpocket, musician and fencer.
There are star-crossed lovers, numerous Jacobean twists at every turn and Moll’s piece de resistance-the unlawful performance of her show-in protest of the authoritarian climate.
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