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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) | |||
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11 | (27) | |||
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38 | (25) | |||
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63 | (20) | |||
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83 | (14) | |||
Conclusion | 97 | (4) | |||
Bibliography | 101 | (10) | |||
Index | 111 |
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