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Pageantry and power : a cultural history of the early modern Lord Mayor's Show, 1585-1639
- Title
- Pageantry and power : a cultural history of the early modern Lord Mayor's Show, 1585-1639 / Tracey Hill.
- Author
- Hill, Tracey.
- Publication
- Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2010.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 396 pages : illustrations, 1 map; 24 cm
- Summary
- 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.
- Subject
- 1500-1700
- Geschichte 1600-1700
- Geschichte 1500-1600
- Geschichte 1585-1639
- Parades > England > London > History > 16th century
- Parades > England > London > History > 17th century
- Pageants > England > London > History > 16th century
- Pageants > England > London > History > 17th century
- English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism
- Festivals in literature
- Literature
- English literature > Early modern
- Manners and customs
- Pageants
- Parades
- Festival
- Bürgermeister > London > Geschichte 16. Jh
- Bürgermeister > London > Geschichte 17. Jh
- Parade > London > Geschichte 16. Jh
- Parade > London > Geschichte 17. Jh
- London > Fest > Geschichte 16. Jh
- London > Fest > Geschichte 17. Jh
- London > Theater > Geschichte 16. Jh
- London > Theater > Geschichte 17. Jh
- Fest > Dramaturgie > Grossbritannien > Geschichte 16. Jh
- Fest > Dramaturgie > Grossbritannien > Geschichte 17. Jh
- Dramaturgie > Fest > Grossbritannien > Geschichte 16. Jh
- Dramaturgie > Fest > Grossbritannien > Geschichte 17. Jh
- Triumphzug > Grossbritannien > Geschichte 16. Jh
- Triumphzug > Grossbritannien > Geschichte 17. Jh
- London (England) > Social life and customs > 16h century
- London (England) > Social life and customs > 17th century
- England > London
- London
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-378) and index.
- Contents
- From low-obscure beginnings raysde to fame : critical and historical contexts of the Lord Mayor's Show -- Our devices for that solemne and Iouiall daye : the writers, the artificers and the livery companies -- A day of well compos'd variety of speach and shew : bringing the shows to life -- A briefe narration of each seuerall shew : the show from street to print -- To prune and dresse the tree of gouernment : political and contemporary contexts of the shows -- Appendices. The Lord Mayors' shows, 1585-1639 : summary ; Governance of the City of London.
- ISBN
- 9780719080104
- 071908010X
- 9780719090127
- 0719090121
- LCCN
- 2011281646
- OCLC
- ocn689006467
- 689006467
- SCSB-14204379
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library