Elizabethan Popular Culture

by Leonard R. N. Ashley

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780879728755
Publisher:	University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date:	06/30/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	324
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Leonard R. N. Ashley is professor of English at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and author of many books, including The Wonderful World of Superstition, Prophecy, and Luck.

Table of Contents

Contents
Preface
London: The Chamber of the King
City People and Country People
The Underclasses
Cakes and Ale
Popular Reading
Hey nonny nonny
From the Plays: An Age of Song
The Playhouse and the Bearbaiting Pit
Festivals and Celebrations
Love and Marriage
Popular Belief and Reform in Religion
Superstition
Education
Sports and Games
Wise Sayings
Jests and Merry Tales
Elizabeth and Her Court