Cressy David (George Iii Professor Of British History And Humanities Distinguished Professor Emeritus George Iii Professor Of British History And Humanities Distinguished Professor Emeritus The Ohio State University)
Cressy David (George Iii Professor Of British History And Humanities Distinguished Professor Emeritus George Iii Professor Of British History And Humanities Distinguished Professor Emeritus The Ohio State University) - Gypsies An English History -
Cressy David (George Iii Professor Of British History And Humanities Distinguished Professor Emeritus George Iii Professor Of British History And Humanities Distinguished Professor Emeritus The Ohio State University) - Gypsies An English History -
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Description: Gypsies Egyptians Romanies and - - more recently - - Travellers. Who are these marginal and mysterious people who first arrived in England in early Tudor times? Are claims of their distant origins on the Indian subcontinent true or just another of the many myths and stories that have accreted around them over time? Can they even be regarded as a single people or ethnicity at all? Gypsies have frequently been vilified and not much less frequently romanticized by the settled population over the centuries. Social historian David Cressy now attempts to disentangle the myth from the reality of Gypsy life over more than half a millennium of English history. In this the first comprehensive historical study of the doings and dealings of Gypsies in England he draws on original archival research and a wide range of reading to trace the many moments when Gypsy lives became entangled with those of villagers and townsfolk religious and secular authorities and social and moral reformers. Crucially it is a story not just of the Gypsy community and its peculiarities but also of England's treatment of that community from draconian Elizabethan statutes through various degrees of toleration and fascination right up to the tabloid newspaper campaigns against Gypsy and Traveller encampments of more recent years.
Title: Gypsies An English History
Author(s): Cressy David (George Iii Professor Of British History And Humanities Distinguished Professor Emeritus George Iii Professor Of British History And Humanities Distinguished Professor Emeritus The Ohio State University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198768142
Pages: 432 Pages, 13 Illustrations
Publication Date: 9/23/2020
Category: Social & Cultural History
Description: Gypsies Egyptians Romanies and - - more recently - - Travellers. Who are these marginal and mysterious people who first arrived in England in early Tudor times? Are claims of their distant origins on the Indian subcontinent true or just another of the many myths and stories that have accreted around them over time? Can they even be regarded as a single people or ethnicity at all? Gypsies have frequently been vilified and not much less frequently romanticized by the settled population over the centuries. Social historian David Cressy now attempts to disentangle the myth from the reality of Gypsy life over more than half a millennium of English history. In this the first comprehensive historical study of the doings and dealings of Gypsies in England he draws on original archival research and a wide range of reading to trace the many moments when Gypsy lives became entangled with those of villagers and townsfolk religious and secular authorities and social and moral reformers. Crucially it is a story not just of the Gypsy community and its peculiarities but also of England's treatment of that community from draconian Elizabethan statutes through various degrees of toleration and fascination right up to the tabloid newspaper campaigns against Gypsy and Traveller encampments of more recent years.
Title: Gypsies An English History
Author(s): Cressy David (George Iii Professor Of British History And Humanities Distinguished Professor Emeritus George Iii Professor Of British History And Humanities Distinguished Professor Emeritus The Ohio State University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198768142
Pages: 432 Pages, 13 Illustrations
Publication Date: 9/23/2020
Category: Social & Cultural History
