10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISGUISINGS»
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disguisings in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
disguisings and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dramatic Texts and Records of Britain: A Chronological ...
a castle with the king of Spain (AR, II, *289-90; Great Chronicle, p 310; with
disguisings that night at court, according to Halle, fol 53v). 1501 18-28 November
p 965 Jousts at Westminster and disguisings, plays, and pageants, probably
created ...
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The Broadview Anthology of Medieval Drama
Lydgate's mummings and disguisings range in subject matter from the domestic
squabbles of married rustics to erudite allego ries rich in classical and biblical
allusions. Several are marked by a series of gifts brought forward by the
characters ...
Christina M. Fitzgerald, John T. Sebastian, 2012
Secondly, it shows us that speeches of the kind Lydgate offered in the Mumming (
more properly, Disguising) at Hertford are still customary. It is unfortunate that,
among the many detailed accounts of Tudor Disguisings and Masks that have ...
Glynne William Gladstone Wickham, 2002
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The Language of Space in Court Performance, 1400-1625
the hierarchy of positioning in the Presence Chamber for welcome receptions
was re-enacted at the banquet and might be repeated or varied in the ordering
and pairings of dance; masks or disguisings might include indoor jousting; ...
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English Aristocratic Women, 1450-1550 : Marriage and Family, ...
13 That year also saw the first disguising performed independently of a
tournament at the revels celebrating Twelfth Night.14 Seven years later,
spectacular productions with dramatic themes, disguisings, and dances followed
the four state ...
Barbara J. Harris Professor of History and Women's Studies University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2002
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The History of Morris Dancing, 1458-1750
This description of a disguising does not indicate that a morisk, as such, took
place, but the accounts of the wedding clearly indicate that disguisings and
morisks were to be intrinsic parts of the festivities: Item, that Jacques Hault and
William ...
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English Aristocratic Women, 1450-1550: Marriage and Family, ...
15 That year also saw the first disguising performed independently of a
tournament at the revels celehrating Twelfth Night.14 Seven years later,
spectacular productions with dramatic themes, disguisings, and dances followed
the four state ...
Barbara Jean Harris, 2002
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Masqued Mysteries Unmasked: Early Modern Music Theater and ...
Other forms of early Tudor revels called disguisings included wearing costumes,
which would frequently be of an allegorical character, and the presentation of
pageants: chariots in the form of ships, castles, mountains, and the like. From
these ...
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John Lydgate and the Making of Public Culture
3. Tragedy. and. comedy: Lydgate's. disguisings. and. public. poetry. In 1590
Edward Allde printed Lydgate's Serpent of Division together with Sackville and
Norton's Gorboduc as illustrations of the dangers of civil war and strife. For Allde,
the ...
costume i ml I Disguisings, 164; in Interludes, 174; in liturgical music-drama, 28,
38-9, 43-5; in morality plays, 1 16; in mummings, 135-6; in Tournaments, 155;
see also vestments; Plates 13-16, 21-4, 29, 40-4 courtyards, as auditoria, 67, 78,
...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISGUISINGS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
disguisings is used in the context of the following news items.
When Thanksgiving Tradition Included Halloween-Like Masquerading
In 1418 a law was passed in France forbidding “mumming, plays, interludes or any other disguisings with any feigned beards, painted visors, ... «Bowery Boogie, Nov 14»
The modern joys of Christmas past
A letter written by Margaret Paston around 1459 tells us a family might spend Christmas with “disguisings, harping, luting, singing” and “loud ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 12»
Spooky Secrets: A Brief History of Halloween
Costumed folk began a "season of misrule" full of "disguisings, masks and mummeries." They sang, danced, drank, rode hobbyhorses, ... «Huffington Post, Oct 11»
Stuffed peacock, fake snow and lashings of dancing girls... Henry …
A court Christmas would include elaborate 'disguisings', when courtiers dressed up as King Arthur's knights or masked 'strangers' in exotic ... «Daily Mail, Dec 09»
