Popular Protest In Late Medieval Europe: Italy, France And Flanders - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0719067316 ISBN 13: 9780719067310

Casa editrice: Manchester Univ Pr, 2004

Riassunto

The documents in this fascinating volume focus on the "contagion of rebellion" that followed the Black Death, which ravaged Europe in the years between 1355 and 1382. They comprise a diversity of sources and cover a variety of forms of popular protest in different social, political and economic settings. Their authors include revolutionaries, the artistocracy, merchants and representatives from the church. Of more than 200 documents presented here, most have been translated into English for the first time, providing students and scholars with a new opportunity to compare social movements across Europe over two centuries.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Samuel Kline Cohn Jr is Professor Medieval History at the University of Glasgow

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The documents in this stimulating volume span from 1245 to 1424 but focus on the contagion of rebellion' from 1355 to 1382 that followed in the wake of the plague. They comprise a diversity of sources and cover a variety of forms of popular protest in different social, political and economic settings. Their authors range across a wide political and intellectual horizon and include revolutionaries, the artistocracy, merchants and representatives from the church. They tell gripping and often gruesome stories of personal and collective violence, anguish, anger, terror, bravery, and foolishness. Of over 200 documents presented here, most have been translated into English for the first time, providing students and scholars with a new opportunity to compare social movements across Europe over two centuries, allowing a re-evaluation of pre-industrial revolts, the Black Death and its consequences for political culture and action.This book will be essential reading for those seeking to better understand popular attitudes and protest in medieval Europe.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Manchester Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0719067316
• ISBN 13: 9780719067310
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 389
• Redattore: Cohn Samuel Kline
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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