English Pageantry, Vol. 2
English Pageantry, Vol. 2

Author: Robert Withington

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-09-18

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13: 9781528088657

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Excerpt from English Pageantry, Vol. 2: An Historical Outline These entries will be enough to show that the water-procession was common enough with certain companies, at any rate before Sir John Norman made the voyage to Westminster. It is possible that the stir made by the voyage of Sir John Norman, in 14 5 3, was due to the fact that he owned the barge, while hitherto, and for some time afterwards, it was usual for the companies to hire their barges. He seems to have been the first Draper to have gone by water to take his oath. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Restaging the Past
Restaging the Past

Author: Angela Bartie

Publisher: UCL Press

Published: 2020-08-17

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1787354059

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Restaging the Past is the first edited collection devoted to the study of historical pageants in Britain, ranging from their Edwardian origins to the present day. Across Britain in the twentieth century, people succumbed to ‘pageant fever’. Thousands dressed up in historical costumes and performed scenes from the history of the places where they lived, and hundreds of thousands more watched them. These pageants were one of the most significant aspects of popular engagement with the past between the 1900s and the 1970s: they took place in large cities, small towns and tiny villages, and engaged a whole range of different organised groups, including Women’s Institutes, political parties, schools, churches and youth organisations. Pageants were community events, bringing large numbers of people together in a shared celebration and performance of the past; they also involved many prominent novelists, professional historians and other writers, as well as featuring repeatedly in popular and highbrow literature. Although the pageant tradition has largely died out, it deserves to be acknowledged as a key aspect of community history during a period of great social and political change. Indeed, as this book shows, some traces of ‘pageant fever’ remain in evidence today.

English Pageantry, Vol. 1
English Pageantry, Vol. 1

Author: Robert Withington

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-08-02

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9781333155483

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Excerpt from English Pageantry, Vol. 1: An Historical Outline T were, perhaps, too much to ask of any human work that it be without short comings, and I take full responsibility for such sins both of commission and of omission as may be found herein. That the number of such is not much greater than it is, is due to the kind help of many friends, which I gladly acknowledge. My debt to Professor George P. Baker, under whose guidance I began my researches at Harvard, and to Professor George L. Kittredge, with whose help I carried them on during Mr. Baker's absence from Cambridge, can never be repaid. Only men who have worked with them can realize how grate ful I am for their encouragement and criticism. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.