1st Edition

Representations of Flemish Immigrants on the Early Modern Stage

By Peter Matthew McCluskey Copyright 2019
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

Immigrants from the Low Countries constituted the largest population of resident aliens in early modern England. Possessing superior technology in a number of fields and enjoying governmental protection, the Flemish were charged by many native artisans with unfair economic competition. With xenophobic sentiments running so high that riots and disorders occurred throughout the sixteenth century,... Read more

Acknowledgments



Introduction



Chapter One



Chapter Two



Chapter Three



Chapter Four



Chapter Five



Bibliography



Index

Biography

Peter Matthew McCluskey is an associate professor of English at Middle Tennessee State University, where he teaches courses in Shakespeare, Shakespeare on Film, British popular culture, and crime fiction.