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Elizabethan popular culture / Leonard R.N. Ashley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ashley, Leonard R. N.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular culture--England--History--16th century--Sources.
- Popular culture.
- Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603--Sources.
- Great Britain.
- England--Social life and customs--16th century--Sources.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (326 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, c1988.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 9786612622885
- 9781282622883
- 1282622889
- 9780879728755
- 0879728752
- OCLC:
- 646067983
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