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Crowds and popular politics in early modern England /
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?ma...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Manchester, UK ; New York : New York :
Manchester University Press ; Distributed in the USA by Palgrave,
2006.
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| Colección: | Politics, culture, and society in early modern Britain.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (224 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781847793973 1847793975 |