http://pressroom.prlog.org/popinjaypress/About Popinjay Press - Popinjay Press is the publisher of A Compendium of Common Knowledge 1558-1603, a handbook of Elizabethan commonplaces for writers, actors, and re-enactors.http://www.prlog.org/10083447-renaissance-for-everyone.htmlDid you know that the first shopping mall was opened in London in 1571? That in 16th century England, gifts were given on New Year’s Day but not on Christmas? That beer could be flavored with anything from pepper to lupins?Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:40:40 GMThistory