Bristol Book of Days
Bristol Book of Days

Author: D. G. Amphlett

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2011-10-10

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 0752480456

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Taking you through the year day by day, The Bristol Book of Days contains a quirky, eccentric, amusing or important event or fact from different periods of history, many of which had a major impact on the religious and political history of England as a whole. Ideal for dipping into, this addictive little book will keep you entertained and informed. Featuring hundreds of snippets of information gleaned from the vaults of Bristol’s archives, it will delight residents and visitors alike.

Bristol
Bristol

Author: Mark Cartwright Pilkinton

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 9780802042217

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A complete edition of primary sources concerning dramatic and musical performance in Bristol from the Middle Ages until the time of Oliver Cromwell.

The Ashgate Research Companion to Popular Culture in Early Modern England
The Ashgate Research Companion to Popular Culture in Early Modern England

Author: Andrew Hadfield

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-03-23

Total Pages: 586

ISBN-13: 1317042069

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The Ashgate Research Companion to Popular Culture in Early Modern England is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary examination of current research on popular culture in the early modern era. For the first time a detailed yet wide-ranging consideration of the breadth and scope of early modern popular culture in England is collected in one volume, highlighting the interplay of 'low' and 'high' modes of cultural production (while also questioning the validity of such terminology). The authors examine how popular culture impacted upon people's everyday lives during the period, helping to define how individuals and groups experienced the world. Issues as disparate as popular reading cultures, games, food and drink, time, textiles, religious belief and superstition, and the function of festivals and rituals are discussed. This research companion will be an essential resource for scholars and students of early modern history and culture.

Music in Elizabethan Court Politics
Music in Elizabethan Court Politics

Author: Katherine Butler (Music tutor)

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1843839814

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Music and musical entertainments are here shown to be used for different ends, by both monarch and courtiers.

The Severn Tsunami? Story of Britain's Greatest Natural Disaster
The Severn Tsunami? Story of Britain's Greatest Natural Disaster

Author: Mike Hall

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2013-10-01

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 0750951753

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On January 30, 1607, a huge wave, over 7 meters high, swept up the River Severn, flooding the land on either side. The wall of water reached as far inland as Bristol and Cardiff. It swept away everything in its path, devastating communities and killing thousands of people. Historian and geographer Mike Hall pieces together the contemporary accounts and the surviving physical evidence to present, for the first time, a comprehensive picture of what actually happened on that fateful day and its consequences. He also examines the possible causes of the disaster: was it just a storm surge, or was it, in fact, the only recorded instance of a tsunami in Britain?