Description
Product ID: | 9781787330641 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | A Tudor Christmas |
Authors: | Author: Alison Weir, Siobhan Clarke |
Page Count: | 192 |
Subjects: | Biography: royalty, Biography: royalty, European history, History, Social and cultural history, Sociology, Gift books, British & Irish history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Social & cultural history, Sociology: customs & traditions, Gift books |
Description: | Select Guide Rating The festival was so beloved by English people that Christmas traditions survived remarkably unchanged in this age of tumultuous religious upheaval. Beautifully illustrated with original line drawings throughout, this enchanting compendium will fascinate anyone with an interest in Tudor life – and anyone who loves Christmas. Christmas in Tudor times was a period of feasting, revelry and merrymaking ‘to drive the cold winter away’. A carnival atmosphere presided at court, with a twelve-day-long festival of entertainments, pageants, theatre productions and ‘disguisings’, when even the king and queen dressed up in costume to fool their courtiers. Throughout the festive season, all ranks of subjects were freed for a short time from everyday cares to indulge in eating, drinking, dancing and game-playing. |
Imprint Name: | Jonathan Cape Ltd |
Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2018-10-04 |