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Famine and Scarcity in Late Medieval and Early Modern England: The Regulation of Grain Marketing, 1256-1631
Buchanan Sharp
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hardcover. This book examines governmental and crowd responses to famine, from the late Middle Ages through to the early modern era. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; HBJD1; JFFC1; KCCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 590.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
274
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107121829
SKU
V9781107121829
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Ref
99-18
About Buchanan Sharp
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 ... Read more
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