TY  - BOOK
AU  - Walter,John
TI  - Crowds and popular politics in early modern England /John Walter
T2  - Politics, culture, and society in early modern Britain
SN  - 9781847793973
AV  - HV6485 .C769 2006
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Manchester, UK
PB  - Manchester University Press
KW  - Political participation
KW  - England
KW  - History
KW  - 16th century
KW  - Crowds
KW  - Riots
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Introduction: Reconstructing popular political culture in early modern England --; Crown and crowd : popular culture and popular protest in early modern England --; Grain riots and popular attitudes to the law : Maldon and the crisis of 1629 --; The geography of food riots, 1585-1649 --; A 'rising of the people'? The Oxfordshire rising of 1596 --; The social economy of dearth in early modern England --; The impact of the English Civil War on society : a world turned upside-down? --; Public transcripts, popular agency and the politics of subsistence in early modern England; 2; b
N2  - Early modern England was marked by profound changes in economy, society, politics and religion. It is widely believed that the poverty and discontent which these changes often caused resulted in major rebellion and frequent?riots?. Whereas the politics of the people have often been described as a?many-headed monster?; spasmodic and violent, and the only means by which the people could gain expression in a highly hierarchical society and a state that denied them a political voice, the essays in this collection argue for the inherently political nature of popular protest through a series of st
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