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The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England / Including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May Games, Mummeries, Shows, Processions, Pageants, and Pompous Spectacles from the Earliest Period to the Present Time

by Joseph Strutt

Chapters (63)
  1. THE SPORTS AND PASTIMES OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND: ADVERTISEMENT. 0:00
  2. INTRODUCTION. 2:00
  3. INTRODUCTION. — I.—OBJECT OF THE WORK, TO DESCRIBE THE PASTIMES AND TRACE THEIR ORIGIN. 4:23
  4. INTRODUCTION. — II.—THE ROMANS IN BRITAIN. 5:44
  5. INTRODUCTION. — III.—THE SAXONS. 6:51
  6. INTRODUCTION. — IV.—THE NORMANS. 11:51
  7. INTRODUCTION. — V.—TOURNAMENTS AND JUSTS. 12:26
  8. INTRODUCTION. — VI.—OTHER SPORTS OF THE NOBILITY, AND THE CITIZENS AND YEOMEN. 13:35
  9. INTRODUCTION. — VII.—KNIGHTLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 17:02
  10. INTRODUCTION. — VIII.—ESQUIRESHIP. 19:08
  11. INTRODUCTION. — IX.—MILITARY SPORTS PATRONIZED BY THE LADIES. 22:19
  12. INTRODUCTION. — X.—DECLINE OF MILITARY EXERCISES. 23:37
  13. INTRODUCTION. — XI.—DECLINE OF CHIVALRY. 24:41
  14. INTRODUCTION. — XII.—MILITARY EXERCISES UNDER HENRY VII. 25:45
  15. INTRODUCTION. — XIII.—MILITARY EXERCISES UNDER HENRY VIII. 28:23
  16. INTRODUCTION. — XIV.—PRINCELY EXERCISES UNDER JAMES I. 30:14
  17. INTRODUCTION. — XV.—REVIVAL OF LEARNING. 33:14
  18. INTRODUCTION. — XVI.—RECREATIONS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. 35:35
  19. INTRODUCTION. — XVII.—OLD SPORTS OF THE CITIZENS OF LONDON. 39:01
  20. INTRODUCTION. — XVIII.—MODERN PASTIMES OF THE LONDONERS. 40:58
  21. INTRODUCTION. — XIX.—COTSWOLD AND CORNISH GAMES. 42:27
  22. INTRODUCTION. — XX.—SPLENDOUR OF THE ANCIENT KINGS AND NOBILITY. 44:11
  23. INTRODUCTION. — XXI.—ROYAL AND NOBLE ENTERTAINMENTS. 46:03
  24. INTRODUCTION. — XXII.—CIVIC SHOWS. 48:25
  25. INTRODUCTION. — XXIII.—SETTING OUT OF PAGEANTS. 50:58
  26. INTRODUCTION. — XXIV.—PROCESSIONS OF QUEEN MARY AND KING PHILIP OF SPAIN IN LONDON. 53:15
  27. INTRODUCTION. — XXV.—CHESTER PAGEANTS. 56:09
  28. INTRODUCTION. — XXVI.—PUBLIC SHOWS IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. 1:02:02
  29. INTRODUCTION. — XXVII.—QUEEN ELIZABETH AT KENELWORTH. 1:03:14
  30. INTRODUCTION. — XXVIII.—LOVE OF PUBLIC SIGHTS ILLUSTRATED FROM SHAKSPEARE. 1:08:26
  31. INTRODUCTION. — XXIX.—ROPE-DANCING, TUTORED ANIMALS, AND PUPPET-SHOWS. 1:09:26
  32. INTRODUCTION. — XXX.—MINSTRELSY, BELL-RINGING, &c. 1:14:48
  33. INTRODUCTION. — XXXI.—BAITING OF ANIMALS. 1:16:34
  34. INTRODUCTION. — XXXII.—PASTIMES FORMERLY ON SUNDAYS. 1:17:59
  35. INTRODUCTION. — XXXIII.—ROYAL INTERFERENCE WITH SUNDAY PASTIMES. 1:20:29
  36. INTRODUCTION. — XXXIV.—ZEAL AGAINST WAKES AND MAY-GAMES. 1:24:43
  37. INTRODUCTION. — XXXV.—DICE AND CARDS. 1:27:40
  38. INTRODUCTION. — XXXVI.—REGULATION OF GAMES FOR MONEY, BY RICHARD CŒUR DE LION, &c. 1:29:00
  39. INTRODUCTION. — XXXVII.—STATUTES AGAINST DICE, CARDS, BALL-PLAY, &c. 1:29:55
  40. INTRODUCTION. — XXXVIII.—PROHIBITIONS OF SKITTLE-PLAY. 1:32:34
  41. INTRODUCTION. — XXXIX.—ARCHERY SUCCEEDED BY BOWLING. 1:33:42
  42. INTRODUCTION. — XL.—MODERN GAMBLING. 1:36:09
  43. INTRODUCTION. — XLI.—LADIES' PASTIMES—NEEDLE-WORK. 1:37:15
  44. INTRODUCTION. — XLII.—DANCING AND CHESS PLAY. 1:38:10
  45. INTRODUCTION. — XLIII.—LADIES' RECREATIONS IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY. 1:39:33
  46. INTRODUCTION. — XLIV.—THE AUTHOR'S LABOURS—CHARACTER OF THE ENGRAVINGS. 1:41:07
  47. SPORTS AND PASTIMES OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND. BOOK I. CHAPTER I. 1:42:42
  48. BOOK I. — CHAPTER II. 2:23:16
  49. BOOK I. — CHAPTER III. 2:52:36
  50. BOOK II. CHAPTER I. 3:07:15
  51. BOOK II. — CHAPTER II. 3:49:00
  52. BOOK II. — CHAPTER III. 4:25:14
  53. BOOK III. CHAPTER I. 5:02:10
  54. BOOK III. — CHAPTER II. 6:09:46
  55. BOOK III. — CHAPTER III. 6:48:56
  56. BOOK III. — CHAPTER IV. 7:39:07
  57. BOOK III. — CHAPTER V. 7:56:15
  58. BOOK III. — CHAPTER VI. 8:49:14
  59. BOOK III. — CHAPTER VII. 9:33:23
  60. BOOK IV. CHAPTER I. 10:09:49
  61. BOOK IV. — CHAPTER II 10:43:34
  62. BOOK IV. — CHAPTER III. 11:43:00
  63. BOOK IV. — CHAPTER IV. 13:02:28
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