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Shakespeare's Society - Ingles
Shakespeare's Society - Ingles
Despite diseases that plagued England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, populations still increased. Every year approximately 10,000 citizens migrated to London mainly because wages were about 50 percent higher than in other parts of the country. London was a violent place in the first half of Shakespeare's career. City authorities didn't let disturbances get out of control, but also did not take them too seriously.