The sports and pastimes of the people of England from the earliest period, including the rural and domestic recreations, May games, mummeries, pageants, processions and pompous spectacles

by Joseph Strutt

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

460 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1838

About the author

Joseph Strutt (27 October 1749 – 16 October 1802) was an English engraver, artist, antiquary, and writer. He is today most significant as the earliest and "most important single figure in the investigation of the costume of the past", making him "an influential but totally neglected figure in the history of art in Britain", according to Sir Roy Strong. [Wikipedia.]

Reviews

[Brent Barnard · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like this because really, it's the only book of its kind as far as I know. It lets you know what folks did for fun way back in the Middle Ages. In short: People haven't changed much. Back then they still had jocks and the whole high-school scene it seems to me, except instead of football, they had hunting, etc.