The History of Morris Dancing, 1438-1750.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (458 pages)
- Studies in Early English Drama Series .
- Studies in Early English Drama Series .
Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- LIST OF TABLES -- Introduction -- 1 Theories of Origin -- 2 The Contexts -- 3 Earliest References -- 4 Royal Court -- 5 Urban Streets -- 6 Church Property -- 7 Church Proscription and Prosecution -- 8 The Public Stage -- 9 Rural Locations -- 10 Assemblies and the Country Dance Hall -- 11 Private Premises -- 12 Endings -- APPENDIX A: Methodological Issues: The Early Morris Database and Archive -- APPENDIX B: Visitation Articles Banning Morris -- APPENDIX C: Mr Isaac's Morris 1716, Transcription from Feuillet Notation by Allan Terry -- APPENDIX D: Extant Churchwardens' Accounts -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Careful, detailed, and encyclopedic, The History of Morris Dancing, 1458-1750 is an essential reference work for specialists in English drama and social historians of the period.