THE
SPORTS AND PASTIMES
OF THE
PEOPLE OF ENGLAND:
INCLUDING THE
RURAL AND DOMESTIC RECREATIONS,
MAY GAMES, MUMMERIES, SHOWS, PROCESSIONS, PAGEANTS, & POMPOUS SPECTACLES
FROM
THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME.
BY JOSEPH STRUTT.
ILLUSTRATED BY
One Hundred and Forty Engravings.
IN WHICH ARE REPRESENTED
MOST OF THE POPULAR DIVERSIONS;
SELECTED FROM ANCIENT PAINTINGS.
A NEW EDITION, WITH A COPIOUS INDEX,
BY WILLIAM HONE,
AUTHOR OF THE EVERY-DAY BOOK, TABLE BOOK, YEAR BOOK, ETC.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR THOMAS TEGG,
73, CHEAPSIDE.
1845.
J. Haddon, Printer, Castle Street, Finsbury.
ADVERTISEMENT.
There are two previous editions of Mr. Strutt'sSports and Pastimes of the People of England. Thefirst appeared in 1801; the second, which was publishedin 1810, the year wherein the author died, wasan incorrect reprint, without a single additional line.Both were in quarto, and as each of the plates, withfew exceptions, contained several subjects referred toin different parts of the work, and as there were nopaginal references on the plates, they were frequentlyembarrassing to the reader.
The present edition is of a more convenient size,and at one-sixth of the price of the former editions;and every engraving is on the page it illustrates.
To a volume abounding in historical and other interestingfacts, an Index seemed indispensable; anda very copious one is annexed. The Two formereditions were without.
[Pg vi]If Mr. Strutt had lived, I am persuaded he wouldhave incorporated into the body of the work somenotes, which were needlessly placed on the bottommargins. I have ventured to take them up into thepages; but without any undue alteration of theauthor's language.
I hope, therefore, that my aim to render this editiongenerally desirable and available, has been fully accomplished.
W. Hone.
Newington Green, 1830.
CONTENTS.
| INTRODUCTION. | |
| A GENERAL ARRANGEMENT OF THE POPULAR SPORTS, PASTIMES,AND MILITARY GAMES, TOGETHER WITH THE VARIOUS SPECTACLESOF MIRTH OR SPLENDOUR, EXHIBITED PUBLICLY ORPRIVATELY, FOR THE SAKE OF AMUSEMENT, AT DIFFERENTPERIOD, IN ENGLAND. | PAGE |
| I. Object of the Work, to describe the Pastimes and tracetheir Origin—II. The Romans in Britain—III. The Saxons—IV.The Normans—V. Tournaments and Justs—VI. Other Sports ofthe Nobility, and the Citizens and Yeomen—VII. KnightlyAccomplishments—VIII. Esquireship—IX. Military Sportspatronized by the Ladies—X. Decline of such Exercises—XI.and of Chivalry—XII. Military Exercises under Henry theSeventh—XIII. and under ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |