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Loading... Urban Protest in Seventeenth-Century France: The Culture of Retributionby William Beik
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This lucid and wide-ranging survey is the first study in English to identify a distinctive urban phase in the history of the early modern crowd. Through close analysis of the behaviour of protesters and authorities in more than fifteen seventeenth-century French cities, William Beik explores a full spectrum of urban revolt from spontaneous individual actions to factional conflicts, culminating in the dramatic Ormee movement in Bordeaux. The 'culture of retribution' was a form of popular politics with roots in the religious wars and implications for future democratic movements. Vengeful crowds stoned and pillaged not only intrusive tax collectors but even their own magistrates, whom they viewed as civic traitors. By examining in depth this interaction of crowds and authorities, Professor Beik has provided a central contribution to the study of urban power structures and popular culture. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)944.033History and Geography Europe France and region France Bourbon 1589-1789 Louis XIV 1643-1715; War of Spanish succession ; XVIIth CenturyLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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