A History of Peasant Revolts by Yves-Marie Berce

A History of Peasant Revolts by Yves-Marie Berce

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Focuses on the thousands of peasant revolts which occurred in early modern France. The book describes the conditions of extreme poverty and even starvation in which the peasants lived, and their exiguous legal status, that provoked revolt. It also explores the legends that surrounded the revolts.

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A History of Peasant Revolts by Yves-Marie Berce

This book is concerned with the divide that separated rich and poor in 16th- and 17th-century Aquitaine. It focuses on the hundreds of peasant revolts which occurred during this period. The book describes the conditions of extreme poverty and even starvation in which the peasants lived, and their exiguous legal status, that provoked revolt. It also explores the use to which myth was put in these uprisings.
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ISBN 13 9780745604114
ISBN 10 0745604110
Title A History of Peasant Revolts
Author Yves-Marie Berce
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Polity Press
Year published 1990-07-19
Number of pages 400
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