LEADER 03964nam 2200601 450 001 9910817728703321 005 20230126215255.0 010 $a1-62894-281-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000001388232 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4866310 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001388232 100 $a20170622h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aCity of the sun $edevelopment and popular resistance in the pre-modern West /$fMichael Martin 210 1$aNew York, [New York] :$cAlgora Publishing,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (456 pages) 311 $a1-62894-279-7 311 $a1-62894-280-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aLa Male de Saint-Martin -- Social complexity -- Civilization and the state -- Of metals and morality -- The ancient Greeks -- The ancient Romans -- Christianity in the Roman Empire -- The early Middle Ages in Europe -- Islam in the Middle Ages -- Castles/crusades, communes/cathedrals, crises/calamities -- Popular resistance in the Middle Ages -- Epilogue. 330 2 $a"Reviewing history from an anarchist perspective, it is clear that the common people were rarely content to suffer domination by the powerful few. This book traces the evidence and patterns of popular resistance to social domination in the ancient and medieval periods, before European imperialism spread around the world at the end of the 15th century. From Mesopotamia to Khazaria, to feudal France and England, the 'lower classes' rebelled whenever they could; they organized, struck, campaigned, rioted, revolted, fought battles and wars, and otherwise resisted the rule of the socially dominant. All this, well before the existence of modern-day unions, co-operatives, labor and socialist parties, and the philosophical and political movements of anarchism, Marxism, and social or Christian democracy. Some historians offer the conservative judgment to the effect that the lower social orders accepted the rule of a powerful, wealthy minority; that is by no means true, as this sweeping history illustrates. People did resist, whenever they could do so, and often quite successfully. This book shows how, why, and when they did. City of the Sun gathers evidence, mostly from secondary sources, of this popular resistance during pre-modern, historical periods in the Occident. Furthermore, it provides context, theory, and a framework for understanding popular resistance as being part and parcel of the processes of development, that is, societal transformation through the centuries, including the development of religion and state"--Publsher description. 606 $aSocial classes$zEurope$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aSocial classes$zMediterranean Region$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aSocial control$zEurope$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aSocial control$zMediterranean Region$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aGovernment, Resistance to$zEurope$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aGovernment, Resistance to$zMediterranean Region$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aSocial change$zEurope$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aSocial change$zMediterranean Region$xHistory$yTo 1500 607 $aEurope$xSocial conditions$yTo 1492 607 $aMediterranean Region$xSocial conditions 615 0$aSocial classes$xHistory 615 0$aSocial classes$xHistory 615 0$aSocial control$xHistory 615 0$aSocial control$xHistory 615 0$aGovernment, Resistance to$xHistory 615 0$aGovernment, Resistance to$xHistory 615 0$aSocial change$xHistory 615 0$aSocial change$xHistory 676 $a306.094 700 $aMartin$b Michael$g(Michel),$01647079 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817728703321 996 $aCity of the sun$93994458 997 $aUNINA