Introduction; 1. The view from Danebury; 2. Roman interlude; 3. House and household; 4. Heat, light and insecurity; 5. The house furnished; 6. Food, its production, preservation and preparation; 7. In sickness and in death; 8. The community of parish and village; 9. The family; 10. The culture of cities; 11. The foundations of popular culture; 12. Conclusion: the end of popular culture; Notes; Index.
This wide-ranging book, first published in 1994, traces the development of popular culture in England from the Iron Age to the eighteenth century.
'This is a brave and valuable book … marvellously interesting, free-flowing descriptive passages and the outstanding achievement of marrying material culture with intellectual, ideological and aesthetic.' Peter Laslett, History Today
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