English Title:Reformation and Revelry: the Politics and Practices of Dancing in Early Modern England
Year Started: 2004
Status: Advanced

Name: Emily Winerock
University: University of Toronto  
Department: History  
Instructor: Barbara Todd and Alexandra Johnston

Summary:
\"Reformation and Revelry\" looks at the changing perceptions of dancing in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries in England. The dissertation focuses on the intersection of dance and \'reformation\' in two contexts: the reformation of manners and the Protestant Reformation. Sources include civic and church court records, parish records, petitions, dancing manuals, conduct literature, antidance and antitheatrical treatises, and plays.