Popular Culture in Early Modern EuropeThis study examines the broad sweep of Europe's pre-industrial popular culture. From the world of the professional entertainer to the songs, stories and plays of ordinary people, it shows how the attitudes and values shaped the shifting social, religious and political conditions of European society between 1500 and 1800. |
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Contents
The Discovery of the People | 23 |
Unity and Variety in Popular Culture | 49 |
An Elusive Quarry | 103 |
1 | 120 |
2 | 126 |
3 | 134 |
Traditional Forms | 163 |
Heroes Villains and Fools | 200 |
The World of Carnival | 255 |
8 | 292 |
Appendix 1 | 387 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe |
| Author | Peter Burke |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2009 |
| ISBN | 0754665070, 9780754665076 |
| Length | 456 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Europe / General |
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