Entertainment, Pleasure, and Meaning in Early England

This Element shows why entertainment and festivity had important functions, in ritual, in community, in assuming power, and in resistance to power of early English life. The activities are child's play; drinking and feasting; music, dance, and performance; the pleasures of literature, festivals and celebrations; hunting and sport; and games.

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: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2025
• EAN: 9781009162821
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0916282-1
• 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