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This is the first full and in-depth cultural history of the Lord Mayor's Show in the early modern period. It reveals the lived experience of the shows and sets them in the context of the wider ceremonial culture of early modern England.

English literature --- Festivals in literature. --- Pageants --- History and criticism. --- History --- Amateur plays --- Performing arts --- Festivals --- Processions --- History of civilization --- History of the United Kingdom and Ireland --- anno 1500-1599 --- anno 1600-1699 --- Parades --- London (England) --- Social life and customs --- Pomp --- Londen (England) --- Londinium (England) --- Londres (England) --- Londýn (England) --- Lunnainn (England) --- Pageants. --- Literature --- Literary Studies: C 1500 To C 1800 --- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh --- Ireland --- London Lord Mayor's Show. --- artificers. --- cultural history. --- early modern period. --- livery companies. --- mayoral politics. --- pageant writers. --- pageantry. --- power. --- printed pamphlets.