The Rise and Fall of Merry England: The Ritual Year 1400-1700

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Oxford University Press, 2001 - History - 366 pages
Highly readable and entertaining, Ronald Hutton's acclaimed work is the first comprehensive account of the religious and secular rituals of late medieval and early modern England.
 

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Contents

INTRODUCTION
1
The Ritual Tear in England c 1490c 1540 5
49
Reformation of Religion
69
Reformation of Manners
111
The Battle for Merry England
153
Puritan Revolution
200
Merry Equilibrium
227
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The Rise and Fall of Merry England: The Ritual Year, 1400-1700
Ronald Hutton
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The Rise and Fall of Merry England: The Ritual Year, 1400-1700
Ronald Hutton
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About the author (2001)

Ronald Hutton is Professor of History at the University of Bristol. He is the author of Charles II: King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1989), The Restoration: A Political and Religious History of England and Wales 1658-1667 (1993), The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain (1996), and The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft (1999)

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Rise and Fall of Merry England: The Ritual Year 1400-1700
Ritual Year 1400-1700
AuthorRonald Hutton
Editionillustrated, reprint, reissue
PublisherOxford University Press, 2001
ISBN019285447X, 9780192854476
Length366 pages
Subjects ›  ›  › 

History / Europe / General
History / Europe / Great Britain / General
History / Europe / Great Britain / Norman Conquest to Late Medieval (1066-1485)
  
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