Bonfires and Bells National Memory and the Protestant Calendar in Elizabethan and Stuart England

David Cressy

ISBN 10: 0297793438 / ISBN 13: 9780297793434

Published by Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1989

About this Item

Black boards and spine, the latter lettered in gilt. Minimal wear to jacket. Internally name written on ffep. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Seller Inventory # X1657

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bonfires and Bells National Memory and the Protestant Calendar in Elizabethan and Stuart England
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicholson
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0297793438
• ISBN 13: 9780297793434
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Following the Reformation, bonfires and bells were the most public markers of a new calendar that was uniquely English and that developed in the 200 years following it. David Cressy presents the reader with a picture of an English people who were at odds with the Puritan killjoys of their day.

About the Author

David Cressy is Professor of History at Ohio State University and an Associate of Clare Hall, Cambridge. His books include 'Education in Tudor and Stuart England, Literacy and the Social Order, Reading and Writing in Tudor and Stuart England, and Birth, Marriage and death Ritual, Religion and the Life-cycle in Tudor and Stuart England.