Enlightenment fashions
The Enlightenment Period in costumes 1715 - 1788 / Oplysningstidens dragt og mode 1715 - 1788
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24th August: Bartholomew Fair and Honey Gathering
The 24th August is the Feast of St Bartholomew who is the Patron Saint of tanners and leather workers – a fact not missed by Ben Jonson in his play ‘Bartholomew Fair’ first performed about 1614. The fair took place near Smithfield Market in London every August from 1133 to 1855. Other parts of the country also had Bartholomew Fairs and they became a byword for raucous and sometimes criminal behaviour, fights, prostitution, drunkenness, and fairground food; notably pig roasts, pears and gingerbre
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