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The Ancient English Morris Dance (Paperback)
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The Ancient English Morris Dance (Paperback)
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The idea that morris dancing captures the essence of ancient
Englishness, inherently carefree and merry, has been present for
over 400 years. The Ancient English Morris Dance traces the history
of those attitudes, from the dance's introduction to England in the
fifteenth century, through the contention of the Reformation and
Civil War, during which morris dancing and maypoles became potent
symbols of the older ways of living. Thereafter it developed and
diversified, neglected and disdained, until antiquaries began to
take an interest in its history, leading to its re-invention as
emblematic of Victorian concepts of Merrie England in the
nineteenth century. The quest for authentic understanding of what
that meant led to its revival at the beginning of the twentieth
century, but that was predicated on the perception of it as part of
England's declining rural past, to the neglect of the one area (the
industrial north-west) where it continued to flourish. The revival
led in turn to its further evolution into the multitude of forms
and styles in which it may be encountered today.
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