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The idea that morris dancing captures the essence of ancient Englishness, inherently carefree and merry, has been present for over 400 years. The Ancient English Morris Dance traces the history of those attitudes, from the dance's introduction to England in the fifteenth century, through the contention of the Reformation and Civil War, during which morris dancing and maypoles became potent symbols of the older ways of living. Thereafter it developed and diversified, neglected and disdained, until antiquaries began to take an interest in its history, leading to its re-invention as emblematic of Victorian concepts of Merrie England in the nineteenth century. The quest for authentic understanding of what that meant led to its revival at the beginning of the twentieth century, but that was predicated on the perception of it as part of England's declining rural past, to the neglect of the one area (the industrial north-west) where it continued to flourish. The revival led in turn to its further evolution into the multitude of forms and styles in which it may be encountered today.
Contents
Preface ;
Introduction ;
Part I: Emergence (1448-1569) ;
Chapter 1: First signs ;
Chapter 2: Guilds ;
Chapter 3: Parish entertainments ;
Chapter 4: The first 120 years ;
Part II: Contention (1570-1659) ;
Chapter 5: Rumblings 1570-1599 ;
Chapter 6: Attack 1600-1629 ;
Chapter 7: Suppression 1630-1659 ;
Part III: Fragmentation (1660-1800) ;
Chapter 8: Restoration and the later Stuarts ;
Chapter 9: Eighteenth-century entertainment ;
Chapter 10: Lexicographers and scholars ;
Chapter 11: Hanoverian communities and Whitsun ales ;
Chapter 12: Beyond the Whitsun ale ;
Part IV: Re-emergence (1801-1899) ;
Chapter 13: Antiquaries and artistes ;
Chapter 14: South-midlands morris ;
Chapter 15: West-midlands morrises ;
Chapter 16: East of England ;
Chapter 17: North-west morris 1801-1850 ;
Chapter 18: Fêtes and festivals ;
Chapter 19: The decline of the rushcarts ;
Chapter 20: Carnival processions ;
Chapter 21: Other morrises ;
Chapter 22: Fin de siècle ;
Part V: Revival (1899 - present) ;
Chapter 23: Defining a revival ;
Chapter 24: North-west morris 1900-1930 ;
Chapter 25: The revival after Sharp ;
Chapter 26: The second revival ;
Chapter 27: The modern English morris dance ;
Bibliography ;
Index
