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Pageantry and Power : A cultural history of the early modern Lord Mayor's Show 1585–1639 /

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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. It provides new insight into the culture and history of the London of Shakespeare's time and beyond. Central to the cultural life of London, the Lord Mayor's Shows...

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Main Author: Hill, Tracey
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Manchester University Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Parades.
Pageants.
Manners and customs.
Festivals in literature.
English literature > Early modern.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800.
Literary studies: general.
Literature: history and criticism.
Literature and literary studies.
Spectacles historiques > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Spectacles historiques > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Defiles > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Defiles > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 16e siecle.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Pageants > England > London > History > 17th century.
Pageants > England > London > History > 16th century.
Parades > England > London > History > 17th century.
Parades > England > London > History > 16th century.
England > London.
Londres (Angleterre) > Moeurs et coutumes > 17e siecle.
London (England) > Social life and customs > 17th century.
London (England) > Social life and customs > 16h century.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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Table of 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.

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