Popular protest in late medieval Europe : Italy, France, and Flanders

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Popular protest in late medieval Europe : Italy, France, and Flanders

selected sources translated and annotated by Samuel K. Cohn, Jr

(Manchester medieval sources series)

Manchester University Press, 2004

  • : hardback
  • : pbk

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Bibliography: p. [376]-[378]

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hardback ISBN 9780719067303

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. -- .

Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Notes to the reader
  • Maps
  • 1. Before the Black Death, 1245 to 1348
  • 2. From the Black Death to 1378
  • 3. The Jacquerie
  • 4. The Revolt of the Ciompi, 1378-1382
  • 5. The cluster north of the Alps, 1378-82
  • Epilogue: After the cluster, 1382 to 1423
  • Suggested reading
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780719067310

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. -- .

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Notes to the reader Maps 1. Before the Black Death, 1245 to 1348 2. From the Black Death to 1378 3. The Jacquerie 4. The Revolt of the Ciompi, 1378-1382 5. The cluster north of the Alps, 1378-82 Epilogue: After the cluster, 1382 to 1423 Suggested readings -- .

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