Pageantry and Power ：A cultural history of the early modern Lord Mayor's Show 1585–1639

Publication subTitle ：A cultural history of the early modern Lord Mayor's Show 1585–1639

Author： HillTracey  

Publisher： Manchester University Press‎

Publication year： 2017

E-ISBN: 9781526130259

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780719080104

Subject： I06 Literature, Literature Appreciation

Keyword： 文学评论、文学欣赏

Language： ENG

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Chapter

Pageantry and power

Half Title Page

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of figures

Acknowledgements

1. ‘From low-obscure Beginnings raysde to Fame’: critical and historical contexts of the Lord Mayor’s Show

2. ‘Our devices for that solemne and Iouiall daye’: the writers, the artificers and the livery companies

3. ‘A day of well Compos’d Variety of Speach and shew’: bringing the Shows to life

4. ‘A briefe narration of each seuerall shew’: the Show from street to print

5. ‘To prune and dresse the Tree of Gouernment’: political and contemporary contexts of the Shows

Appendix 1 The Lord Mayors’ Shows, 1585–1639: summary

Appendix 2 Governance of the City of London

Bibliography

Index

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