'The Damned Fraternitie': Constructing Gypsy Identity in Early Modern England, 1500–1700
Drawing upon previous historiography, a wealth of printed primary sources (including government documents, pamphlets, rogue literature, and plays), and archival material, the book argues that the construction of gypsy identity was part of a wider discourse concerning the increasing vagabond population, and was further informed by the religious refo
