Nostalgia in Print and Performance, 1510-1613

For many people in early modern England the Reformation turned the past into another country: the ''merry world''. Nostalgia for this imaginary time, both widespread and widely contested, was commodified by a burgeoning entertainment industry. This book offers a new perspective on the making of ''Merry England'', arguing that it was driven both by the desires of audiences and the marketing strateg...