Famine and Scarcity in Late Medieval and Early Modern England

Informationen zum Autor 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). Klappentext This book examines governmental and crowd responses to famine, from the late Middle Ages through to the early modern era. Zusammenfassung Buchanan Sharp examines governmental and crowd responses to famine! from the late Middle Ages through to the early modern era. This wide-ranging book will be of interest to academic researchers and graduate students studying the social! economic! cultural and political make-up of medieval and early modern England. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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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This book examines governmental and crowd responses to famine, from the late Middle Ages through to the early modern era.

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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.