num_pages: 300
description: This lucid and wide-ranging survey is the first comparative study in English to explore popular uprisings in the cities of seventeenth-century France. Through close analysis of eyewitness narratives from protesters and authorities in more than fifteen cities, William Beik examines the complex social interaction between angry crowds and hard-pressed authorities. He adds a completely new chapter to the history of the crowd and traces the difficult and fragile connections between elite and popular culture in early modern France.
language: English
title: Urban Protest in Seventeenth-Century France: The Culture of Retribution
titlecomplete: Urban Protest in Seventeenth-Century France: The Culture of Retribution
genres: History
ratings_count: 11
publisher: Cambridge University Press