Bøger af Adam Fox

Chidiebere, apprentice engineer and part-time plumber-sorcerer, and Kurra, her opinionated hearth-hob, embark on an adventure that crosses realms after Kurra overhears the mysterious Cardinal talking with their factory boss.With the assistance of a pair of Roma hedge-witches, the four friends attempt to unpick the dark events in the factory, before fleeing to sanctuary in a magical realm.Will Chi ever be the same again after witnessing the magical realm? Will Kurra break free from her domestic servitude? Can they stop the might of the Church from destroying the real home Kurra so desperately seeks?

Previous studies on oral culture have traditionally emphasized the contradictions between oral and literate culture, and focussed on individual countries or regions. The essays in this fascinating collection depart from these approaches in several ways. By examining not only English, but also Scottish and Welsh oral culture, they provide the first pan-British study of the subject. The authors also emphasize the ways in which oral and literate culture continued to compliment and inform each other, rather than focusing exclusively on their incompatibility, or on the 'inevitable' triumph of the written word.

This collection is concerned with the articulation, mediation and reception of authority; Early modern people were not passive receptacles of principles of authority as communicated in, for example, sermons, statutes and legal process.

Written by leading authorities, the volume can be considered a standard work on seventeenth-century English social history.