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Elizabethan Popular Culture
University of Wisconsin Press, 1988 Paper: 978-0-87972-427-6 | eISBN: 978-0-87972-875-5 | Cloth: 978-0-87972-426-9 Library of Congress Classification DA350.A84 1988 Dewey Decimal Classification 942.05
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
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. See other books on: 16th century | Elizabeth, 1558-1603 | England | Popular culture | Sources See other titles from University of Wisconsin Press |
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