Fabio Ciambella is a Research fellow at Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart IDancing in early modern England: A historical overview Continental and autochthonous sources for early modern dances in EnglandDancing at the Inns of CourtDiaries and annalsJohn Playford’s The English Dancing Master (1651) Salome vs David: The early modern querelle on dance between Neoplatonists and Puritans Folk and courtly dances From Elizabeth to Charles, through James: Dance and politicsPart IIDance and/as language: State of the art and methodological issues A language for dance: Dance as language Language about dance: Matters of textual and corpus linguistics Early modern English lexicography: Limiting the scope Corpus selection and investigationThe VEP Early Modern Drama CollectionThe #Lancsbox software and lexical analysisWhich words to look forPart III Analysis: The lexicon of dance in early modern English plays: An annotated glossaryA – Almain/Allemand(e)B – Bergomask; Branle/BrawlC – Canary; Cinquepace/Sinkapace; Coranto/Courante; Country Dance; Cushion DanceD – DanceG – GalliardH – Hay; Horn(e/i)pipeJ – Jig/Gig/GigueL – (La)voltaM – Maypole Dance; Measure; Moresca/Morisco; Morris DanceP – Passamezzo; PavanR – Round(el)/Ring(let)ConclusionIndex

Fabio Ciambella is a Research fellow at Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart IDancing in early modern England: A historical overview Continental and autochthonous sources for early modern dances in EnglandDancing at the Inns of CourtDiaries and annalsJohn Playford’s The English Dancing Master (1651) Salome vs David: The early modern querelle on dance between Neoplatonists and Puritans Folk and courtly dances From Elizabeth to Charles, through James: Dance and politicsPart IIDance and/as language: State of the art and methodological issues A language for dance: Dance as language Language about dance: Matters of textual and corpus linguistics Early modern English lexicography: Limiting the scope Corpus selection and investigationThe VEP Early Modern Drama CollectionThe #Lancsbox software and lexical analysisWhich words to look forPart III Analysis: The lexicon of dance in early modern English plays: An annotated glossaryA – Almain/Allemand(e)B – Bergomask; Branle/BrawlC – Canary; Cinquepace/Sinkapace; Coranto/Courante; Country Dance; Cushion DanceD – DanceG – GalliardH – Hay; Horn(e/i)pipeJ – Jig/Gig/GigueL – (La)voltaM – Maypole Dance; Measure; Moresca/Morisco; Morris DanceP – Passamezzo; PavanR – Round(el)/Ring(let)ConclusionIndex

Fabio Ciambella is a Research fellow at Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart IDancing in early modern England: A historical overview Continental and autochthonous sources for early modern dances in EnglandDancing at the Inns of CourtDiaries and annalsJohn Playford’s The English Dancing Master (1651) Salome vs David: The early modern querelle on dance between Neoplatonists and Puritans Folk and courtly dances From Elizabeth to Charles, through James: Dance and politicsPart IIDance and/as language: State of the art and methodological issues A language for dance: Dance as language Language about dance: Matters of textual and corpus linguistics Early modern English lexicography: Limiting the scope Corpus selection and investigationThe VEP Early Modern Drama CollectionThe #Lancsbox software and lexical analysisWhich words to look forPart III Analysis: The lexicon of dance in early modern English plays: An annotated glossaryA – Almain/Allemand(e)B – Bergomask; Branle/BrawlC – Canary; Cinquepace/Sinkapace; Coranto/Courante; Country Dance; Cushion DanceD – DanceG – GalliardH – Hay; Horn(e/i)pipeJ – Jig/Gig/GigueL – (La)voltaM – Maypole Dance; Measure; Moresca/Morisco; Morris DanceP – Passamezzo; PavanR – Round(el)/Ring(let)ConclusionIndex