Elizabethan Popular Culture

Elizabethan Popular Culture

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Paperback (30 Jun 1988)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Leonard 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 ""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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780879724276
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Imprint: Popular Press
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Edition: 1
Language: English
Number of pages: 324
Weight: 333g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 18mm