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Author:   Samuel K. Cohn, Jr (University of Glasgow) ,  Douglas Aiton
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.560kg
ISBN:  

9781107529359

ISBN 10:   1107529352
Pages:   390
Publication Date:   01 October 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I. The Setting: 1. Introduction: questions and sources; 2. Class struggle in English towns: workers and bosses; 3. Varieties of revolt; Part II. Crown and Town: Strife with Secular Authority: 4. Revolts against the Crown: crises of kingship from John Lackland to Henry VI; 5. The Black Death and urban protest; 6. Urban revolts against the Crown outside London: the case of Bristol; 7. A wave of insurrection, 1312–18?; 8. Tax revolts; 9. Revolts: poor against rich; Part III. Church and City: 10. Revolts in monastic boroughs; 11. Church struggles in towns other than monastic boroughs; 12. Urban conflict against bishops and universities; 13. Urban risings of hatred: Jews, foreigners, and heretics; 14. Conclusion; Bibliography.

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'A step forward and bound to stimulate and facilitate further study.' The Times Literary Supplement 'What we have here is an important book based on thorough research that never fails to enlighten and absorb the reader.' Sean McGlynn, History 'This is a bold book, making large claims. Cohn provides brief accounts of numerous outbreaks of unrest in medieval towns which will be interesting to local historians.' Heather Falvey, The Ricardian

'A step forward and bound to stimulate and facilitate further study.' The Times Literary Supplement 'What we have here is an important book based on thorough research that never fails to enlighten and absorb the reader.' Sean McGlynn, History

Author Information

Samuel K. Cohn, Jr is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Glasgow. His work over the past decade has concentrated on plague and the history of popular insurrection and his previous publications include Cultures of Plague: Medical Thinking at the End of the Renaissance (2010) and Lust for Liberty: The Politics of Social Revolt in Medieval Europe, 1200–1425 (2006).

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