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

Hutton, Ronald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192853279 ISBN 13: 9780192853271

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 1996

Synopsis

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. This book is intended for readers with an interest in English traditional life and customs; folklorists; scholars and students of late medieval and early modern British and European history; historians of culture.

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Review:

"Hutton has written a scholarly text that convinces and delights through his masterly deployment of illustrative detail."--Observer "Hutton has written a scholarly text that convinces and delights through his masterly deployment of illustrative detail."--Observer "Hutton has written a scholarly text that convinces and delights through his masterly deployment of illustrative detail."--Observer "Hutton has written a scholarly text that convinces and delights through his masterly deployment of illustrative detail."--Observer

About the Author:

About the Author: Ronald Hutton is Reader in History at the University of Bristol and author of numerous books including Charles II: King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Oxford, 1989) and The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles (1991).

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0192853279
• ISBN 13: 9780192853271
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 377