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The Extraordinary and the Everyday in Early Modern England

Essays in Celebration of the Work of Bernard Capp

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  1. Angela McShane

    1. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

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  2. Garthine Walker

    1. Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: The Extraordinary and the Everyday in Early Modern England

    1. Introduction: The Extraordinary and the Everyday in Early Modern England

      • Angela McShane, Garthine Walker
      Pages 1-5

  4. The Everyday in the Extraordinary

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Ann Jeffries and the Fairies: Folk Belief and the War on Scepticism in Later Stuart England

      • Peter Marshall
      Pages 127-141

    3. Wyclif’s Well: Lollardy, Landscape and Memory in Post-Reformation England

      • Alexandra Walsham
      Pages 142-160

    4. ‘Boiled and Stewed with Roots and Herbs’: Everyday Tales of Cannibalism in Early Modern Virginia

      • Catherine Armstrong
      Pages 161-176

    5. Glimpses of the Obscure: The Witch Trials of the Channel Islands

      • Darryl Ogier
      Pages 177-191

    6. The Extraordinary Case of the Blood-Drinking and Flesh-Eating Cavaliers

      • Angela McShane
      Pages 192-210

    7. Mother Shipton and the Devil

      • Darren Oldridge
      Pages 211-223

    8. ‘Bleedinge Afreshe’? The Affray and Murder at Nantwich, 19 December 1572

      • Steve Hindle
      Pages 224-245

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 246-254
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About this book

A fascinating collection of essays by renowned and emerging scholars exploring how everyday matters from farting to friendship reveal extraordinary aspects of early modern life, while seemingly exceptional acts and beliefs – such as those of ghosts, prophecies, and cannibalism – illuminate something of the routine experience of ordinary people.

Reviews

'Overall this volume is distinguished by a number of substantial studies, while all the essays at least yield interesting insights and raise intriguing possibilities. They make a fitting tribute.' - Martin Ingram, Brasenose College, Oxford, English Historical Review

Editors and Affiliations

  • Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

    Angela McShane

  • Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

    Garthine Walker

About the editors

CATHERINE ARMSTRONG Lecturer in American History, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK ANTHONY FLETCHER Professor Emeritus of Social History, the University of London, UK PAUL GRIFFITHS Assistant Professor of Early Modern English Social and Cultural History, Iowa State University, USA STEVE HINDLE Professor of History, the University of Warwick, UK RALPH HOULBROOKE former Professor of Early Modern History, the University of Reading, UK PETER MARSHALL Professor of History, the University of Warwick, UK ANGELA MCSHANE Tutor in Graduate Studies (1600-1800), the Victoria and Albert Museum/Royal College of Art, UK DARRYL OGIER States of Guernsey Archivist, UK DARREN OLDRIDGE Lecturer in History, the University of Worcester, UK TIM REINKE-WILLIAMS Lecturer in Economic and Social History, the University of Nottingham, UK KEITH THOMAS Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford, UK DAVID M. TURNER Senior Lecturer in History, Swansea University, UK ALEXANDRA WALSHAM Professor of Reformation History, the University of Exeter, UK GARTHINE WALKER Senior Lecturer in History, Cardiff University, UK

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