The Rise And Fall Of Merry England
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Author | : Ronald Hutton |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Calendar |
ISBN | : 9780192854476 |
Highly readable and entertaining, Ronald Hutton's acclaimed work is the first comprehensive account of the religious and secular rituals of late medieval and early modern England.
Author | : Ronald Hutton |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 566 |
Release | : 2001-02-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0191578428 |
Comprehensive and engaging, this colourful study covers the whole sweep of ritual history from the earliest written records to the present day. From May Day revels and Midsummer fires, to Harvest Home and Hallowe'en, to the twelve days of Christmas, Ronald Hutton takes us on a fascinating journey through the ritual year in Britain. He challenges many common assumptions about the customs of the past, and debunks many myths surrounding festivals of the present, to illuminate the history of the calendar year we live by today.
Author | : Fiona Kisby |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2001-04-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521661713 |
Examines musical culture in the towns and cities of Renaissance Europe and the New World.
Author | : Ronald Hutton |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2006-09-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781852855550 |
In Stations of the Sun and The Triumph of the Moon Ronald Hutton established himself as a leading authority on the historian of Paganism. His wealth of unusual knowledge, complemented by a deep and sympathetic understanding of past and present beliefs that are often dismissed as strange or marginal, and an ability to write lucidly and wittily, gives his work a unique flavour. The essays which make up Witches, Druids and King Arthur cover elegantly and entertainingly a wide range of beliefs, myths and practices.
Author | : S. Hindle |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 2000-03-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0230288464 |
This is a study of the social and cultural implications of the growth of governance in England in the century after 1550. It is principally concerned with the role played by the middling sort in social and political regulation, especially through the use of the law. It discusses the evolution of public policy in the context of contemporary understandings, of economic change; and analyses litigation, arbitration, social welfare, criminal justice, moral regulation and parochial analyses administration as manifestations of the increasing role of the state in early modern England.
Author | : Simon Ditchfield |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 359 |
Release | : 2017-03-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1351951734 |
How did Christians in early modern Western Europe express their sense of community? This book explores the various ways in which religious identities were defined, developed and defended - within both Protestant and Roman Catholic contexts, in England and on the Continent - over a period vital for the history of Christianity. As such it will be of interest not only to historians of religion but also to students of social and cultural history in general.
Author | : Hugh Cunningham |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2016-05-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1526112280 |
This book traces the history of the relationship between work and leisure, from the ‘leisure preference’ of male workers in the eighteenth century, through the increase in working hours in the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, to their progressive decline from 1830 to 1970. It examines how trade union action was critical in achieving the decline; how class structured the experience of leisure; how male identity was shaped by both work and leisure; how, in a society that placed high value on work, a ‘leisured class’ was nevertheless at the apex of political and social power – until it became thought of as ‘the idle rich’. Coinciding with the decline in working hours, two further tranches of time were marked out as properly without work: childhood and retirement. Accessible, wide-ranging and occasionally polemical, this book provides the first history of how we have imagined and used time.
Author | : Julian Barnes |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2009-01-21 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 030755595X |
BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • From the internationally acclaimed bestselling author The Sense of an Ending comes a "wickedly funny” novel (The New York Times) about an idyllic land of make-believe in England that gets horribly and hilariously out of hand. Imagine an England where all the pubs are quaint, where the Windsors behave themselves (mostly), where the cliffs of Dover are actually white, and where Robin Hood and his merry men really are merry. This is precisely what visionary tycoon, Sir Jack Pitman, seeks to accomplish on the Isle of Wight, a "destination" where tourists can find replicas of Big Ben (half size), Princess Di's grave, and even Harrod's (conveniently located inside the tower of London). Martha Cochrane, hired as one of Sir Jack's resident "no-people," ably assists him in realizing his dream. But when things go awry, Martha develops her own vision of the perfect England. Julian Barnes delights us with a novel that is at once a philosophical inquiry, a burst of mischief, and a moving elegy about authenticity and nationality.
Author | : Correlli Barnett |
Publisher | : London : Eyre Methuen Limited |
Total Pages | : 666 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Alison Sim |
Publisher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2011-11-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0752475789 |
How did the Tudors enjoy themselves? For the men and women of Tudor England there was, just as there is today, more to life than work. Four hundred years before the invention of television and radio, they did not lead boring or mundane lives. Indeed, in many ways the richness of Tudor entertainment shames us. While continuing the medieval tradition of tournament and pageantry, the Tudors also increasingly read and attended the theatre. Dancing and music were also popular, and were considered just as important as hunting and fighting for an ambitious Tudor's social skills. Church festivals provided the perfect excuse for revelry, and christenings and weddings were, as they are today, great social occasions. Here, Alison Sim explores the full range of entertainments enjoyed at that time covering everything from card games and bear baiting to interior design.