The story of Gypsies in England, from their first appearance in early Tudor times to the present day. A book that disentangles the rich and sometimes lurid myth from the everyday reality of Gypsy life over more than half a millennium of English history.
The story of Gypsies in England, from their first appearance in early Tudor times to the present day. A book that disentangles the rich and sometimes lurid myth from the everyday reality of Gypsy life over more than half a millennium of English history.
David Cressy is a British-born historian and Humanities Distinguished Professor of History, formerly at The Ohio State University. Born and educated in England, David Cressy has made his career in the United States, as a college and university teacher and a prolific author of studies in social history. His work is driven by curiosity about the interactions of elite and popular culture, mainstream and marginal society, and official and unofficial religion. A frequent visitor to the United Kingdom, he may also be found exploring the beaches and deserts of the American West.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction 1: European Wanderers: Origins, Arrivals, and Proscriptions 2: The Rambling Roguey Gypsies of the Early Modern Page 3: Tudor Gypsies Against the Law 4: Gypsies and Counterfeits in Elizabethan England 5: Gypsies in Stuart England 6: The Trials and Travels of Eighteenth-Century Gypsies 7: Reformers and Enthusiasts in the Early Nineteenth Century 8: Victorian Encounters 9: Travels and Troubles in Modern Britain 10: Lives and Livelihoods Scholars and Gypsies: A Bibliographical Sketch Notes Bibliography Picture Acknowledgements Index
Introduction 1: European Wanderers: Origins, Arrivals, and Proscriptions 2: The Rambling Roguey Gypsies of the Early Modern Page 3: Tudor Gypsies Against the Law 4: Gypsies and Counterfeits in Elizabethan England 5: Gypsies in Stuart England 6: The Trials and Travels of Eighteenth-Century Gypsies 7: Reformers and Enthusiasts in the Early Nineteenth Century 8: Victorian Encounters 9: Travels and Troubles in Modern Britain 10: Lives and Livelihoods Scholars and Gypsies: A Bibliographical Sketch Notes Bibliography Picture Acknowledgements Index
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