Following the Reformation, bonfires and bells were the most public markers of a new calendar that was uniquely English and that developed in the 200 years following it. David Cressy presents the reader with a picture of an English people who were at odds with the Puritan killjoys of their day.
ISBN: | 9780750936422 |
Publication date: | 18th March 2004 |
Author: | David Cressy |
Publisher: | The History Press |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 271 pages |
Series: | Sutton History Classics |
Genres: |
Cultural studies: customs and traditions European history: Reformation Social and cultural history |