The Extraordinary and the Everyday in Early Modern England

by Garthine Walker (Editor), Angela Mc Shane (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2010

  $116.60

  A fascinating collection of essays by renowned and emerging scholars exploring how everyday matters from farting to friendship reveal extraordinary aspects of early modern life, while seemingly exceptional acts and beliefs - such as those of ghosts, prophecies, and cannibalism - illuminate something of the routine experience of ordinary people.