Table of Contents

The following is an overview of my dissertation for a Masters in Early Modern History at Sussex University. Please email me at if you are interested in reading more of it. To read my recent term papers for my coursework please see, Research Papers.

'Unmasquing' the Dance
-- Alternative Sources and Interpretations of Dancing in Early Modern England 
    • Title Pages
    • Introduction
    • Chapter 1: Dance References in the Records of Early English Drama
    • Chapter 2: Cross-Regional Observations -- The Representative and The Extraordinary
    • Chapter 3: Dancing on Sundays -- Regional, Chronological, and Cultural Analyses
    • Conclusion
    • Appendix I - County Maps and Record Distribution Levels
    • Appendix II - Selected Dance Reference Transcriptions
    • Appendix III - Classification of Dance References in REED Collections
    • Bibliography