Famine and Scarcity in Late Medieval and Early Modern England: The Regulation of Grain Marketing, 1256–1631
Author:   Buchanan Sharp (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Pages:   274
Publication Date:   12 September 2016
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Author:   Buchanan Sharp (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9781107121829


ISBN 10:   1107121825
Pages:   274
Publication Date:   12 September 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Introduction; 1. Early market regulation to 1327; 2. The response of Edward II and his government to the Great Famine; 3. The food riots of 1347; 4. Royal paternalism and the response to dearth, 1349–1376; 5. Scarcity and food riots, 1377–1439; 6. Harvest failure and scarcity in the reign of Henry VIII; 7. The official language of the Commonwealth and the popular response to scarcity in the reign of Henry VIII; 8. The moral economy, 1547–1631 and beyond; Bibliography; Index.

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Buchanan Sharp is Emeritus Professor of British and European History at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His research focuses on the social history of early modern England and, in particular, popular protest. He is the author of In Contempt of all Authority: Rural Artisans and Riot in the West of England (1980) and co-editor of Law and Authority in Early Modern England: Essays Presented to Thomas Garden Barnes (2007).

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