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The History of Morris Dancing,

Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Illustrations
Tables
Introduction
1. Theories of Origin
2. The Contexts
3. Earliest References
4. Royal Court
5. Urban Streets
6. Church Property
7. Church Proscription and Prosecution
8. The Public Stage
9. Rural Locations
Assemblies and the Country Dance Hall
Private Premises
Endings
Appendix A: Methodological Issues. The Early Morris Database and Archive
Appendix B: Visitation Articles Banning Morris
Appendix C: Mr Isaacs Morris
Appendix D. Extant Churchwardens’ Accounts
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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THE HISTORY OF MORRIS DANCING, John Forrest

Morris dancing, one of the more peculiar of the English folk customs, has been greatly misunderstood. Traditional scholarship on this custom has been based on the assumption that morris dancing is one of the pagan calendar rituals, a preconception held by many folklorists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Now, buildi

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Morris (surname)

Morris is a surname of various origins though mostly of English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh origin. In , the surname ranked 39 out of , in England, and 55 out of , in the United States.^[1]

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Morris is of Anglo-Norman origin and is a relationship name derived from the Middle English and Old French personal name Moreis, or Maurice (from the Latin Mauritius 'Moorish, dark, swarthy'; from Maurus 'a Moor').^[2][3] It was the name of the 3rd century Christian martyr Saint Maurice.^{[4][user-generated source]} According to the Census, the vast majority of people with the surname Morris were located in Lancashire, England (; per million); with significant concentrations in London, Glamorgan, and the West Midlands. Now more widespread across the UK, the majority can be found in London, the West Midlands, Greater Manchester and Wales, with a total of 95, recorded across the country in