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This study looks at the relationship between popular recreations and the spaces in which they took place, and in doing so it provides a history of how England enjoyed itself during the long eighteenth century.
Because the poor lacked land of their own, public spaces were needed for their sports and pastimes. Such recreations included: parish wakes and feasts; civic fairs and celebrations; football, cricket and other athletic sports; bull- and bear-baiting; and the annual celebrations of Shrove Tuesday and Guy Fawkes.
Three case studies form the core of this book, each looking at the recreations and spaces to be found in different types of settlement: first, the streets and squares of provincial market towns; then the diverse vacant spaces to be found in industrialising towns and villages of the west Midlands and West Riding of Yorkshire; and finally the village greens of rural England. Through a detailed examination of contemporary books, diaries and newspapers, and records in over forty archives, Dr Griffin addresses the questions of what spaces were used, and what was the interaction with those who used and controlled the land.
The industrial revolution has been seen to have had a negative impact on popular recreation; through its innovative use of the concept of space, this book provides a welcome alternative to this traditional view.
Because the poor lacked land of their own, public spaces were needed for their sports and pastimes. Such recreations included: parish wakes and feasts; civic fairs and celebrations; football, cricket and other athletic sports; bull- and bear-baiting; and the annual celebrations of Shrove Tuesday and Guy Fawkes.
Three case studies form the core of this book, each looking at the recreations and spaces to be found in different types of settlement: first, the streets and squares of provincial market towns; then the diverse vacant spaces to be found in industrialising towns and villages of the west Midlands and West Riding of Yorkshire; and finally the village greens of rural England. Through a detailed examination of contemporary books, diaries and newspapers, and records in over forty archives, Dr Griffin addresses the questions of what spaces were used, and what was the interaction with those who used and controlled the land.
The industrial revolution has been seen to have had a negative impact on popular recreation; through its innovative use of the concept of space, this book provides a welcome alternative to this traditional view.
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A masterly piece of scholarship, based on assiduous and detailed research, yet written in an accessible style. (Roger Munting, Sport in History)
This monograph builds upon Emma Griffin's excellent 2001 Cambridge PhD thesis and offers a cultural history of parish wakes and feasts; civic fairs and celebrations; football, cricket and other athletic sports; bull - and bear - baiting; and the annual celebrations of Shrove Tuesday and Guy Fawkes day in the long eighteenth century. [It is] an important and useful, as well as an entertaining, read. (Continuity and Change)
...an important and useful, as well as an entertaining, read. (Patrick Driscoll, Cambridge University Press, Continuity and Change)
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This monograph builds upon Emma Griffin's excellent 2001 Cambridge PhD thesis and offers a cultural history of parish wakes and feasts; civic fairs and celebrations; football, cricket and other athletic sports; bull - and bear - baiting; and the annual celebrations of Shrove Tuesday and Guy Fawkes day in the long eighteenth century. [It is] an important and useful, as well as an entertaining, read. (Continuity and Change)
...an important and useful, as well as an entertaining, read. (Patrick Driscoll, Cambridge University Press, Continuity and Change)
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- EditoreOUP/British Academy
- Data di pubblicazione2005
- ISBN 10 0197263216
- ISBN 13 9780197263211
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine310
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England's Revelry: A History of Popular Sports and Pastimes, 1660-1830 (British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs)
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British Academy
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ISBN 10: 0197263216
ISBN 13: 9780197263211
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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: New. 1st Edition. New book, never read. Pages clean and crisp, spine unbroken. 0424C. Codice articolo A0424-092
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