Tracey Hill

Pageantry and Power

A cultural history of the early modern Lord Mayor's Show 1585-1639

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first full and in-depth cultural history of the Lord Mayor's Show in the early modern period. It reveals the lived experience of the shows and sets them in the context of the wider ceremonial culture of early modern England.

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Pageantry and Power is the first full and in-depth cultural history of the Lord Mayor's Show in the early modern period. The book provides new insight into the culture and history of the London of Shakespeare's time and beyond.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 717g
• ISBN-13: 9780719080104
• ISBN-10: 071908010X
• Artikelnr.: 32467371

Autorenporträt

Tracey Hill is Head of the Department of English and Cultural Studies at Bath Spa University

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements List of figures 1. 'From low-obscure Beginnings raysde to
Fame': critical and historical contexts of the Lord Mayor's Show 2. 'Our
devices for that solemne and Iouiall daye': the writers, artificers, and
the livery companies 3. 'A day of well Compos'd Variety of Speach and
shew': bringing the Shows to life 4. 'A briefe narration of each seuerall
shew': the Show from street to print 5. 'To prune and dresse the Tree of
Gouernment': political and contemporary contexts of the Shows Appendix: the
Lord Mayor's Shows, 1585 - 1639: summary Bibliography Index