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Title
"The damned fraternitie"
Type
Text
Monograph
Contribution
Timbers, Frances (Author)
Subject
Romanies--England--History--16th century (LCSH)
Romanies--England--History--17th century (LCSH)
Romanies--England--Ethnic identity--History (LCSH)
Romanies--England--Public opinion--History (LCSH)
Rogues and vagabonds--England--History (LCSH)
Public opinion--England--History (LCSH)
England--Ethnic relations--History--16th century (LCSH)
England--Ethnic relations--History--17th century (LCSH)
Language
English
Illustrative Content
Illustrations
Geographic Coverage
Classification
LCC: DX213 .T56 2016 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
DDC: 305.8914/9704209031 full (Assigner: dlc)(Source: 23)
Supplementary Content
bibliography
index
Content
text
Summary
"Constructing Gypsy Identity in Early Modern England, 1500-1700 examines the construction of gypsy identity in England between the early sixteenth century and the end of the seventeenth century. Drawing upon previous historiography, a wealth of printed primary sources (including government documents, pamphlets, rogue literature, and plays), and archival material (quarter sessions and assize cases, parish records and constables' accounts), the book argues that the construction of gypsy identity was part of a wider discourse concerning the increasing vagabond population, and was further informed by the religious reformations and political insecurities of the time. The developing narrative of a fraternity of dangerous vagrants resulted in the gypsy population being designated as a special category of rogues and vagabonds by both the state and popular culture. The alleged Egyptian origin of the group and the practice of fortune-telling by palmistry contributed elements of the exotic, which contributed to the concept of the mysterious alien. However, as this book reveals, a close examination of the first gypsies that are known by name shows that they were more likely Scottish and English vagrants, employing the ambiguous and mysterious reputation of the newly emerging category of gypsy. This challenges the theory that sixteenth-century gypsies were migrants from India and/or early predecessors to the later Roma population, as proposed by nineteenth-century gypsiologists"--Provided by publisher.
Table Of Contents
"From Aegypt have I come"
"Gypsies : thieves and tramps?"
"Chargeable unto the country"
"O'er the moors to Kirk Yetholm"
The narrative of gypsyhood
"By lines they read in face and hand"
"These rowsey, ragged rabblement of rakehelles" : rogue literature
"The stain of my offence".
Authorized Access Point
Timbers, Frances "The damned fraternitie"
Admin Metadata
Generation Process: DLC marc2bibframe2 v2.5.0
Status: changed
Encoding Level: full
Identified By: bf:Local, 18862730
Change Date: 2016-12-29T11:20:15
Creation Date: 2015-11-17
Description Language: English
Description Modifier: United States, Library of Congress
Description Authentication: Program for Cooperative Cataloging
Assigner: United States, Library of Congress