Famine and Scarcity in Late Medieval and Early Modern England

Sharp, Buchanan

ISBN 10: 1107551781 / ISBN 13: 9781107551787

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 2020

pp. 276. N° de réf. du vendeur 26376976927

Synopsis :

Surveying government and crowd responses ranging from the late Middle Ages through to the early modern era, Buchanan Sharp's illuminating study examines how the English government responded to one of the most intractable problems of the period: famine and scarcity. The book provides a comprehensive account of famine relief in the late Middle Ages and evaluates the extent to which traditional market regulations enforced by thirteenth-century kings helped shape future responses to famine and scarcity in the sixteenth century. Analysing some of the oldest surviving archival evidence of public response to famine, Sharp reveals that food riots in England occurred as early as 1347, almost two centuries earlier than was previously thought. Charting the policies, public reactions and royal regulations to grain shortage, Sharp provides a fascinating contribution to our understanding of the social, economic, cultural and political make-up of medieval and early modern England.

À propos de l?auteur: 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).

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Famine and Scarcity in Late Medieval and ...
Éditeur : Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition : 2020
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : New