Elizabethan Popular Culture

Elizabethan Popular Culture
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Publisher : Popular Press
Total Pages : 330
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ISBN-10 : 0879724277
ISBN-13 : 9780879724276
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Elizabethan Popular Culture by : Leonard R. N. Ashley

Download or read book Elizabethan Popular Culture written by Leonard R. N. Ashley and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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