John Forrest is a Professor of Anthropology at State University of New York at Purchase, and has co-authored previous research on Morris Dancing with Michael Heaney.

• AcknowledgmentsList of IllustrationsList of TablesIntroduction1 Theories of Origin2 The Contexts3 Earliest References4 Royal Court5 Urban Streets6 Church Property7 Church Proscription and Prosecution8 The Public Stage9 Rural Locations10 Assemblies and the Country Dance Hall11 Private Premises12 EndingsAppendix A: Methodological Issues: The Early Morris Database and ArchiveAppendix B: Visitation Articles Banning MorrisAppendix C: Mr Issac's Morris 1716, Transcription from Feuillet Notation by Allan TerryAppendix D: Extant Churchwardens' AccountsNotesBibliographyIndex

John Forrest is a Professor of Anthropology at State University of New York at Purchase, and has co-authored previous research on Morris Dancing with Michael Heaney.

• AcknowledgmentsList of IllustrationsList of TablesIntroduction1 Theories of Origin2 The Contexts3 Earliest References4 Royal Court5 Urban Streets6 Church Property7 Church Proscription and Prosecution8 The Public Stage9 Rural Locations10 Assemblies and the Country Dance Hall11 Private Premises12 EndingsAppendix A: Methodological Issues: The Early Morris Database and ArchiveAppendix B: Visitation Articles Banning MorrisAppendix C: Mr Issac's Morris 1716, Transcription from Feuillet Notation by Allan TerryAppendix D: Extant Churchwardens' AccountsNotesBibliographyIndex