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Oral and literate culture in England, 1500-1700 [electronic resource] / Adam Fox.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fox, Adam, 1964-
- Series:
- Oxford studies in social history.
- Oxford studies in social history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oral tradition--England--History--16th century.
- Oral tradition.
- Oral tradition--England--History--17th century.
- English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Popular culture--England--History--16th century.
- Popular culture.
- Popular culture--England--History--17th century.
- England--Social life and customs--16th century.
- England.
- England--Social life and customs--17th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 497 p., [12] p. of plates) : ill., facsims., ports.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon, 2000.
- Summary:
- This book explores the oral culture of early modern England. It focuses upon dialect speech and proverbial wisdom, old wives' tales and children's lore, historical legends and local customs scurrilous versifying and scandalous rumour-mongering.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780191698019 (ebook) :
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