Review:
..".a highly readable text that will serve the scholar and general reader alike to provide the first truly complete survey of the history of communal, seasonal rites and customs....In this engaging exploration his work will be useful to students of popular culture and literature, folklorists, historians, and even the old-fashioned enthusiast."--Journal of Ritual Studies ..".a breath of much-needed fresh air...a well-organized, methodical analysis..."--American Reporter "This book, with its rich combination of history and folklore, is a valuable work of reference."--American Historical Review ."..a highly readable text that will serve the scholar and general reader alike to provide the first truly complete survey of the history of communal, seasonal rites and customs....In this engaging exploration his work will be useful to students of popular culture and literature, folklorists, historians, and even the old-fashioned enthusiast."--Journal of Ritual Studies ."..a breath of much-needed fresh air...a well-organized, methodical analysis..."--American Reporter "This book, with its rich combination of history and folklore, is a valuable work of reference."--American Historical Review .,."a highly readable text that will serve the scholar and general reader alike to provide the first truly complete survey of the history of communal, seasonal rites and customs....In this engaging exploration his work will be useful to students of popular culture and literature, folklorists, historians, and even the old-fashioned enthusiast."--Journal of Ritual Studies .,."a breath of much-needed fresh air...a well-organized, methodical analysis..."--American Reporter "This book, with its rich combination of history and folklore, is a valuable work of reference."--American Historical Review , .."a highly readable text that will serve the scholar and general reader alike to provide the first truly complete survey of the history of communal, seasonal rites and customs....In this engaging exploration his work will be useful to students of popular culture and literature, folklorists, historians, and even the old-fashioned enthusiast."--Journal of Ritual Studies , .."a breath of much-needed fresh air...a well-organized, methodical analysis..."--American Reporter "This book, with its rich combination of history and folklore, is a valuable work of reference."--American Historical Review ,.".a highly readable text that will serve the scholar and general reader alike to provide the first truly complete survey of the history of communal, seasonal rites and customs....In this engaging exploration his work will be useful to students of popular culture and literature, folklorists, historians, and even the old-fashioned enthusiast."--Journal of Ritual Studies ,.".a breath of much-needed fresh air...a well-organized, methodical analysis..."--American Reporter "This book, with its rich combination of history and folklore, is a valuable work of reference."--American Historical Review ..".a highly readable text that will serve the scholar and general reader alike to provide the first truly complete survey of the history of communal, seasonal rites and customs....In this engaging exploration his work will be useful to students of popular culture and literature, folklorists, historians, and even the old-fashioned enthusiast."--Journal of Ritual Studies ..".a breath of much-needed fresh air...a well-organized, methodical analysis..."--American Reporter "This book, with its rich combination of history and folklore, is a valuable work of reference."--American Historical Review
About the Author:
Ronald Hutton is Reader in British History at the University of Bristol. He is the author of The Rise and Fall of Merry England (OUP 1994) and Charles II: King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (OUP, 1989).
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