CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Introduction xi
6. Contributors xi
7. Chapter 1. Comic Performance in the Tudor and Stuart Percy Households 1
8. Chapter 2. Wedding Revels at the Earl of Northumberland’s Household 15
9. Chapter 3. Weddings and Wives in some West Riding Performance Records 31
10. Chapter 4. Travelling Players on the North Yorkshire Moors 39
11. Chapter 5. Travelling Players in the East Riding of Yorkshire 51
12. Chapter 6. Northern Catholics, Equestrian Sports, and the Gunpowder Plot 63
13. Chapter 7. Wool, Cloth, and Economic Movement: Journeying with the York and Towneley Shepherds 77
14. Chapter 8. Visiting Players in the Durham Records: An Exotic Monster, a French Magician, and Scottish Ministralli 93
15. Chapter 9. Rural and Urban Folk Ceremonies in County Durham 111
16. Chapter 10. Rush-bearings of Yorkshire West Riding 131
17. Chapter 11. Boy Bishops in Medieval Durham 147
18. Chapter 12. Regional Performance as Intangible Cultural Heritage 161
19. Bibliography 183
20. Index 205