The story of Gypsies in England, from their first appearance in early Tudor times to the present day. A book that disentangles the rich and sometimes lurid myth from the everyday reality of Gypsy life over more than half a millennium of English history.
The story of Gypsies in England, from their first appearance in early Tudor times to the present day. A book that disentangles the rich and sometimes lurid myth from the everyday reality of Gypsy life over more than half a millennium of English history.
Born and educated in England, David Cressy has made his career in the United States, as a college and university teacher and a prolific author of studies in social history. His work is driven by curiosity about the interactions of elite and popular culture, mainstream and marginal society, and official and unofficial religion. He is currently George III Professor of British History Emeritus at Ohio State University, and Research Professor in Arts and Humanities at Claremont Graduate University, California. A frequent visitor to the United Kingdom, he may also be found exploring the beaches and deserts of the American West.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: Images, Identities, and Imaginations 1: European Wanderers: Origins, Arrivals, and Proscriptions 2: The Rambling Roguey Gypsies of the Early Modern Page 3: Tudor Gypsies Against the Law 4: Gypsies and Counterfeits in Elizabethan England 5: Gypsies in Stuart England 6: The Trials and Travels of Eighteenth-Century Gypsies. 7: Reformers and Enthusiasts in the Early Nineteenth Century 8: Victorian Encounters 9: Travels and Troubles in Modern Britain 10: Lives and Livelihoods Scholars and Gypsies: A Bibliographical Sketch Bibliography
Introduction: Images, Identities, and Imaginations 1: European Wanderers: Origins, Arrivals, and Proscriptions 2: The Rambling Roguey Gypsies of the Early Modern Page 3: Tudor Gypsies Against the Law 4: Gypsies and Counterfeits in Elizabethan England 5: Gypsies in Stuart England 6: The Trials and Travels of Eighteenth-Century Gypsies. 7: Reformers and Enthusiasts in the Early Nineteenth Century 8: Victorian Encounters 9: Travels and Troubles in Modern Britain 10: Lives and Livelihoods Scholars and Gypsies: A Bibliographical Sketch Bibliography
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