Entertainment, Pleasure, and Meaning in Early England

List of contents

1. Introduction: entertainment in Anglo-Saxon England; 2. Child's play; 3. Drinking and feasting; 4. Music, dance, and performance; 5. The pleasures of literature; 6. Festivals and celebrations; 7. Hunting and sport; 8. Games; 9. Conclusions: the silent hall; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Martha Bayless, Martha (University of Oregon) Bayless, Bayless Martha
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2024
• EAN: 9781009517119
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0951711-9
• No. of pages: 96
• Series: Elements in England in the Early Medieval World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; England, Music, History: specific events & topics, Social & cultural history, history of sport, Medieval History, British & Irish history, Food & society, History of Music, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages, c 400 to c 1066 (Anglo-Saxon period), C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Cultural studies: food and society, Anglo-Saxon / Old English, Anglo-Saxon, History of Performing Arts