The Politics of Carnival; Festive Misrule in Medieval England,9780719056024

The Politics of Carnival; Festive Misrule in Medieval England

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ISBN13: 9780719056024
ISBN10: 0719056020
Format: Trade Book
Pub. Date: 2001-07-06
Publisher(s): Manchester University Press
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Summary

In recent years there has been a surge of interest in the popular medieval festival. The most remarkable of its many genres was misrule, those festive occasions on which a temporary and dynamic upside-down world of boy-bishops and Christmas kings was created. This book, the first in-depth study of the role of misrule in medieval England, uses original source material to argue for a more creative approach to the interpretation of these lively and topsy-turvy customs.

Author Biography

Chris Humphrey is a Research Associate of the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Note on the Text and Abbreviations xiii
Introduction: The Politics of Carnival 1(10)
Social protest or safety-valve? Critical approaches to festive misrule
11(27)
A new approach to the study of medieval misrule
38(25)
Seasonal drama and local politics in Norwich, 1443
63(20)
Summer games at Coventry in 1480
83(14)
Conclusion 97(4)
Bibliography 101(10)
Index 111

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