England's Revelry

England's Revelry
Author: Emma Griffin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2005-08-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780197263211

Because the poor lacked land of their own, public spaces were needed for their sports and pastimes.

Popular Recreations in English Society 1700-1850

Popular Recreations in English Society 1700-1850
Author: Robert W. Malcolmson
Publisher: CUP Archive
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1973
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521295956

Professor Malcolmson provides a full account of the sports, pastimes and festive celebrations of the English labouring people in the eighteenth century.