Author: Gédéon Pontier
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Languages : en
Pages : 320
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A New Survey of the Present State of Europe ... Done into English by J. B. Doctor of Physick
Author: Gédéon Pontier
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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'The Damned Fraternitie': Constructing Gypsy Identity in Early Modern England, 1500–1700
Author: Frances Timbers
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317036522
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
'The Damned Fraternitie': Constructing Gypsy Identity in Early Modern England, 1500–1700 examines the construction of gypsy identity in England between the early sixteenth century and the end of the seventeenth century. Drawing upon previous historiography, a wealth of printed primary sources (including government documents, pamphlets, rogue literature, and plays), and archival material (quarter sessions and assize cases, parish records and constables's accounts), the book argues that the construction of gypsy identity was part of a wider discourse concerning the increasing vagabond population, and was further informed by the religious reformations and political insecurities of the time. The developing narrative of a fraternity of dangerous vagrants resulted in the gypsy population being designated as a special category of rogues and vagabonds by both the state and popular culture. The alleged Egyptian origin of the group and the practice of fortune-telling by palmistry contributed elements of the exotic, which contributed to the concept of the mysterious alien. However, as this book reveals, a close examination of the first gypsies that are known by name shows that they were more likely Scottish and English vagrants, employing the ambiguous and mysterious reputation of the newly emerging category of gypsy. This challenges the theory that sixteenth-century gypsies were migrants from India and/or early predecessors to the later Roma population, as proposed by nineteenth-century gypsiologists. The book argues that the fluid identity of gypsies, whose origins and ethnicity were (and still are) ambiguous, allowed for the group to become a prime candidate for the 'other', thus a useful tool for reinforcing the parameters of orthodox social behaviour.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317036522
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
'The Damned Fraternitie': Constructing Gypsy Identity in Early Modern England, 1500–1700 examines the construction of gypsy identity in England between the early sixteenth century and the end of the seventeenth century. Drawing upon previous historiography, a wealth of printed primary sources (including government documents, pamphlets, rogue literature, and plays), and archival material (quarter sessions and assize cases, parish records and constables's accounts), the book argues that the construction of gypsy identity was part of a wider discourse concerning the increasing vagabond population, and was further informed by the religious reformations and political insecurities of the time. The developing narrative of a fraternity of dangerous vagrants resulted in the gypsy population being designated as a special category of rogues and vagabonds by both the state and popular culture. The alleged Egyptian origin of the group and the practice of fortune-telling by palmistry contributed elements of the exotic, which contributed to the concept of the mysterious alien. However, as this book reveals, a close examination of the first gypsies that are known by name shows that they were more likely Scottish and English vagrants, employing the ambiguous and mysterious reputation of the newly emerging category of gypsy. This challenges the theory that sixteenth-century gypsies were migrants from India and/or early predecessors to the later Roma population, as proposed by nineteenth-century gypsiologists. The book argues that the fluid identity of gypsies, whose origins and ethnicity were (and still are) ambiguous, allowed for the group to become a prime candidate for the 'other', thus a useful tool for reinforcing the parameters of orthodox social behaviour.
The Bookworm
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Category : Anthologies
Languages : en
Pages : 396
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Category : Anthologies
Languages : en
Pages : 396
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Witchcraft and Demonology in South-West England, 1640-1789
Author: J. Barry
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230361382
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Using south-western England as a focus for considering the continued place of witchcraft and demonology in provincial culture in the period between the English and French revolutions, Barry shows how witch-beliefs were intricately woven into the fabric of daily life, even at a time when they arguably ceased to be of interest to the educated.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230361382
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Using south-western England as a focus for considering the continued place of witchcraft and demonology in provincial culture in the period between the English and French revolutions, Barry shows how witch-beliefs were intricately woven into the fabric of daily life, even at a time when they arguably ceased to be of interest to the educated.
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 906
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 906
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Dictionary Catalog of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Author: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 796
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 796
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Bibliography of British and American Travel in Italy to 1860
Author: R. S. Pine-Coffin
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Category : Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 924
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Category : Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 924
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Early English Books, 1641-1700
Author: University Microfilms International
Publisher: Ann Arbor, Mich. : U.M.I.
ISBN: 9780835721011
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 910
Book Description
Publisher: Ann Arbor, Mich. : U.M.I.
ISBN: 9780835721011
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 910
Book Description
The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975
Author: British Library
Publisher:
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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