Whose Saint Crispin's Day Is It
Shoemaking, Holiday Making, and the Politics of Memory in Early Modern England
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10420439 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alison Chapman (0000-0002-0918-3558, University of Alabama, corresponding author), Alison A Chapman |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 4, Part 2 |
| Pages | 1467-1494 |
| Publication date | 2001-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Renaissance Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-4338 • E-ISSN: 1935-0236 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1262159 |
| OpenAlex | W2328797259 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 21 |
This article demonstrates an early modern association between the trade of shoemaking and the act of altering the festal calendar. It traces this link through a series of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English literary texts including Thomas Deloney's Gentle Craft, Thomas Dekker's Shoemaker's Holiday, and Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and — most notably — Henry V. The article argues that the depictions of cobblers making holidays resonated with the early modern English politics of ritual observance, and its concluding discussion of the Saint Crispin's Day speech in Henry V shows how the play imagines king and cobblers vying for control of England's commemorative practice
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2017 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |