Civic performance : pageantry and entertainments in early modern London /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Other Authors:	Finlayson, J. Caitlin (Editor), Sen, Amrita (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
Series:	Studies in performance and early modern drama.
Subjects:	Lord Mayor's Show > (London, England) > History > 16th century. Lord Mayor's Show > (London, England) > History > 17th century. Pageants > England > London > History > 16th century. Pageants > England > London > History > 17th century. Parades > England > London > History > 16th century. Parades > England > London > History > 17th century. London (England) > Social life and customs > 16th century. London (England) > Social life and customs > 17th century. 1500-1699 Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

'To the honour of our nation abroad' : the merchant as adventurer in civic pageantry / Tracey Hill
Locating the rhinoceros and Indian : strangers, trade, and East India Company in Thomas Heywood's Porta Pietatis / Amrita Sen
"Cleopatra in her barge" : Anne Boleyn's coronation pageants and the production of English cultural capital / Sarah Crover
The unspoken language of aliens, or the spectacular conversation between visiting English and Dutch that transcended time and space / Nancy J. Kay
The social and political dynamics of the Lord Mayor's show, c. 1550-1700 / Ian W. Archer
Arion's harp, Apollo's lute : the instrumental sounds of London's Lord Mayors' shows / Jennifer Linhart Wood
Financial encounter customs : tradition and form in London's civic pageantry / Jill Ingram
The Duke of Lennox and civic entertainments / David M. Bergeron
Stephen Harrison's The arches of triumph (1604) and James I's royal entry in the London literary marketplace / J. Caitlin Finlayson
Musical transformations of the city soundscape : King James I's entry into London in 1604 / Katherine Butler
Building a digital geospatial anthology of the mayoral shows / Janelle Jenstad and Mark Kaethler.