Popular Protest in Late-Medieval Europe
Italy, France and Flanders
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2013
416 pages
978-1-5261-1276-7 (ISBN)
Description
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. -- .
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. -- .
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English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Edition type
Digital original
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Illustrations, black & white
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978-1-5261-1276-7 (9781526112767)
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Content
- Front matter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Series editor's foreword
- Acknowledgments
- List of maps
- Notes to the reader
- Maps
- Introduction
- I: Before the Black Death, 1245-1348
- II: From the Black Death to 1378
- III: The Jacquerie
- IV: The revolt of the Ciompi, 1378-82
- V: The cluster north of the Alps, 1378-82
- Epilogue: After the cluster, 1382-1423
- Suggested reading
- Index
