Bride Ales and Penny Weddings - Recreations, Reciprocity, Regions in Britain From Sixteenth to

Looks at regionally distinctive practices of wedding traditions in Britain from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, in order to understand social networks, community attitudes, and local and regional identities.

List of contents

• Introduction: Marriage and Recreation, Historians, and Social Scientists


• PART I: ALES AND BRIDALS: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SOCIABILITIES


• 1: Communal Drinkings in England and Wales, c.1400-1600


• 2: Religious Change and the Demise of English Church Ales


• 3: Public and Private Festivities: The Geography of Church and Other Ales


• PART II: WEDDING CELEBRATIONS IN EARLY MODERN BRITAIN


• 4: Weddings in South-East England


• 5: Recreations, Religion, and Bridals in Post-Reformation Scotland


• 6: Who Held Contributory Weddings and Why?


• 7: The Costs and Benefits of Bridals


• 8: Country, Town, and the Commercial Element in Hospitality


• 9: The Social Universe of Contributory Weddings


• 10: Numbers


• PART III: COERCION AND THE LIMITS OF VOLUNTARISM


• 11: Lovedargs, Boon Days, and Boon Works


• 12: Thigging


• 13: Cymorthau


• PART IV: CONTEXTS AND COMPARISONS


• 14: Contempory Explanations of Cultural Change


• 15: Regional Socio-Economic Contexts


• 16: Cultural Patterns and the 'Celtic Fringe'


• 17: Cultural Patterns and Continental Parallels


• 18: The Decline of Reciprocity


• Conclusion


• Bibliography

About the author

Robert Allan Houston was born in Hamilton, Scotland, lived in India and Ghana, and was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and St Andrews University before spending six years at Cambridge University as a research student (Peterhouse) and research fellow (Clare College). He has worked at the University of St Andrews since 1983 and is Professor of Early Modern History, specialising in British social history. He is a fellow of both the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Society of Edinburgh (Scotland's national academy), and a member of the Academia Europaea. He is married to a university manager and lives in Edinburgh.

Summary

Looks at regionally distinctive practices of wedding traditions in Britain from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, in order to understand social networks, community attitudes, and local and regional identities.

Additional text

A valuable and refreshing work.

Product details

• Authors: R. A. Houston, R.a. Houston
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.05.2014
• EAN: 9780199680870
• ISBN: 978-0-19-968087-0
• No. of pages: 260
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), History - General History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards