Elizabethan Popular Culture |
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| Author:
| Ashley, Leonard R. N. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-87972-426-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1988 |
| Publisher: | University of Wisconsin Press
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| Imprint: | Popular Press |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $36.95USD $36.95 |
Book Description:
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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 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.
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 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.