Elizabethan Popular CultureLeonard R. N. Ashley delights readers with a collection of facts and folklore of the people of Queen Elizabeth I s era. He describes sports and pastimes, religion and superstition, cooking, life in town and country, and the rising bourgeois class. In chapters titled as "Cakes and Ale," "The Playhouse and the Bearbaiting Pit," and "Hey nonny nonny," Ashley paints an enlightening portrait of a time made memorable by Shakespeare and his contemporaries. " |
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Inhalt
City People and Country People | 12 |
The Underclasses | 28 |
Cakes and | 50 |
Popular Reading | 72 |
Hey nonny nonny | 116 |
An Age of Song | 144 |
The Playhouse and the Bearbaiting Pit | 160 |
Festivals and Celebrations | 178 |
Popular Belief and Reform in Religion | 200 |
Superstition | 228 |
Education | 240 |
Sports and Games | 274 |
Wise Sayings | 282 |
Jests and Merry Tales | 290 |
Elizabeth and Her Court | 306 |
Love and Marriage | 190 |
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Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | Elizabethan Popular Culture |
| Autor/in | Leonard R. N. Ashley |
| Ausgabe | illustriert |
| Verlag | Popular Press, 1988 |
| ISBN | 0879724277, 9780879724276 |
| Länge | 316 Seiten |
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