LEADER 03017nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910462120303321 005 20211107141752.0 010 $a1-84779-397-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000276689 035 $a(EBL)1069578 035 $a(OCoLC)818847303 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000799502 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12318538 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000799502 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10763970 035 $a(PQKB)11786235 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1069578 035 $a(OCoLC)957516139 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse77797 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1069578 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10623277 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL850088 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000276689 100 $a20121203d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCrowds and popular politics in early modern England$b[electronic resource] /$fJohn Walter 210 $aManchester $cManchester University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (239 p.) 225 0$aPolitics, culture, and society in early modern Britain 311 $a0-7190-8281-1 311 $a0-7190-7475-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a9780719074752; 9780719074752; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Crown and crowd: popular culture and popular protest in early modern England; Chapter 2 Grain riots and popular attitudesto the law: Maldon and the crisis of 1629; Chapter 3 The geography of food riots, 1585-16491; Chapter 4 A 'rising of the people'?The Oxfordshire rising of 1596; Chapter 5 The social economy of dearth in early modern England*; Chapter 6 The impact of the English Civil War on society: a world turned upside-down? 327 $aChapter 7 Public transcripts, popular agency and the politics of subsistence in early modern EnglandIndex 330 $aEarly modern England was marked by profound changes in economy, society, politics and religion. It is widely believed that the poverty and discontent which these changes often caused resulted in major rebellion and frequent 'riots'. Whereas the politics of the people have often been described as a 'many-headed monster'; spasmodic and violent, and the only means by which the people could gain expression in a highly hierarchical society and a state that denied them a political voice, the essays in this collection argue for the inherently political nature of popular protest through a series of st 410 0$aPolitics, culture, and society in early modern Britain. 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a942.05 676 $a942.055 700 $aWalter$b John$f1948-$0895908 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462120303321 996 $aCrowds and popular politics in early modern England$92553557 997 $aUNINA