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Author Taylor, Andrew, 1958-

Title The songs and travels of a Tudor minstrel : Richard Sheale of Tamworth / Andrew Taylor
Published York : York Medieval Press ; Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2012

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Contents Frontcover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on the Texts; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction: The Minstrel Rides Out; 1 The Minstrel of Tamworth and His Audiences; 2 The Stanleys, The Stanley Poem and the Campaign of 1558; 3 Ashmole 48 and Its History; Appendix: The Contents; 4 The Hunting of the Cheviot and the Battle of Otterburn; 5 'More than with a Trumpet': Tudor Responses to the Cheviot Ballads; 6 The Lay of the Last Minstrel; Appendix: Five Poems Bearing the Name of Richard Sheale; Bibliography; Index; Backcover
Summary A reconstruction of the life and works of a sixteenth-century minstrel, showing the tradition to be flourishing well into the Tudor period
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed May 9, 2012)
Subject Sheale, Richard, active 16th century.
SUBJECT Sheale, Richard, active 16th century fast
Subject Minstrels -- England -- History -- 16th century
Minstrels -- England -- Biography
PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Minstrels
England
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781846158636
184615863X
Other Titles Richard Sheale of Tamworth