List of IllustrationsSeries Editors' PrefaceIntroduction, Katie Barclay (University of Adelaide, Australia), David Lemmings (University of Adelaide, Australia) and Claire Walker (University of Adelaide, Australia)1. Medical and Scientific Understandings, Stephen Pender (University of Windsor, Canada)2. Religion and Spirituality, Giovanni Tarantino (University of Western Australia, Australia)3. Music and Dance, Tim Carter (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)4. Drama, Peter Holbrook (University of Queensland, Australia)5. The Visual Arts, Lisa Beaven (University of Melbourne, Australia) 6. Literature, John D. Staines (John Jay College, City University of New York, USA)7. In Private: The Individual and the Domestic Community, Laura Alston (University of Sheffield, UK) and Karen Harvey (University of Birmingham, UK)8. In Public: Collectivities and Polities, Brian Cowan (McGill University, Canada)Notes BibliographyNotes on Contributors Index

The Cultural Histories are multi-volume sets that survey the social and cultural construction of specific subjects across six historical periods, broadly: - Antiquity- The Medieval Age- The Renaissance- The Age of Enlightenment- The Age of Empire- The Modern AgeThe subjects covered range from Animals to Dress and Fashion, from Sport to Furniture, from Money to Fairy Tales. Each volume discusses the same themes in its chapters so that readers may gain an understanding of a period by reading an entire volume, or follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume. Each six-volume set is illustrated. Titles are available as printed sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com).PRAISE FOR THE SERIESA Cultural History of Dress and Fashion“Intriguing, surprising, and thought-provoking essays covering many cultural layers of dress history.”CHOICEA Cultural History of Fairy Tales“A comprehensive treatise that belongs in every academic library concerned with a form of literature that has had broad appeal for centuries and continues to do so.”CHOICEA Cultural History of Hair“A thick, tangled and deliciously idiosyncratic history of hair.”Times Literary SupplementA Cultural History of Law“These introductions should be of great use to scholars from across the periods.”Law & LiteratureA Cultural History of Peace“The set is a good introduction to the study of peace and encourages looking at world history in a new way.”CHOICEA Cultural History of Theatre“All six volumes are aesthetically attractive, with well-chosen cover illustrations in color and numerous halftones throughout. Page layouts with wide margins, good paper, subtitles, generous bibliographies, notes, and index all add to the appeal.”CHOICEA Cultural History of Tragedy“A highly contemporary work, alert to politics, social theory and sexuality.”London Review of BooksA Cultural History of Western Empires“Students seeking a comparative, interdisciplinary, and compelling account of the spread of Western empires will find much of interest here.”CHOICEA Cultural History of Work“[Programs] such as economics, American and world history, women’s studies, and art history will benefit from the information herein.”American Reference Books Annual